Dear Colleagues,
We launched the C-TIP Campus Challenge Tech Contest today for the best technology idea to combat modern slavery. We are accepting submissions from students in the U.S. and abroad until January 8. Please help us spread the word by forwarding the information below to your college and university contacts.
Today, USAID & challengeslavery.org launch their new Tech Contest with a Grand Prize of $5000! The contest is open until January 8!
The Tech Contest is a call to college and university students worldwide to develop creative technology solutions for preventing human trafficking, rescuing victims, and assisting survivors. With traffickers using technology such as cell phones and social networking to ensnare their victims, the Tech Contest challenges you to turn the tables on traffickers to use technology positively to combat trafficking in developing countries.
If you have a creative vision for using technology to fight traffickers, you could win one of several cash prizes and showcase your ideas for USAID personnel and their partners. In addition to the $5,000 Grand Prize, runners-up will receive prizes of $2,500!
It’s easy to enter the Tech Contest. Join the challengeslavery.org community and then follow the links to enter. If you’re already a community member, click here to enter the contest.
You can submit your idea as an individual, with a partner, or in a team — you can even create a team by connecting with other members from the community! The technology idea that you submit may address one of the challenges outlined here OR you may address a problem related to combating trafficking that you identify yourself. (If you choose to develop your own problem statement, please make sure to briefly and clearly articulate it in your submission.)
All submissions must include the following:
• A 250 word summary of your idea in English;
• A 150 word statement on the potential impact of your idea;
• A 150 word statement about the feasibility of your solution;
• A three-page concept note describing your idea OR
a short video of no more than five minutes OR
a website to illustrate your idea.
The contest will be accepting submissions from November 28, 2012 to January 8, 2013. To learn more and to enter the contest, visit the Tech Contest page now.
Good luck, we can’t wait to see your submissions!