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Resources >> Contests and Prizes Contests and Prizes for new Ideas, Innovations, Inventions and ProductsInternship: The United Nations Headquarters Internship Programme Deadline: 2008-05-18 The internship aims to provide students from different fields with practical experience working in various UN offices in order to enhance their educational experience. Candidates wishing to apply must be enrolled in a Masters or PhD programme. They must be able to communicate fluently in English/French and must be able to cover their travel and living expenses in New York (approx.US$5000). 20th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition Deadline: 2008-05-20 The constest is sponsored by the Furlong Research Charitable Foundation, Orthofix, Vicon and Corin Group. The parameters are different for each award. Students are invited to submit a one page abstract giving an overview of the project and be available to present your project at the competition finals on 3 July 2008. Wolda: the Worldwide Logo Design Annual Deadline: 2008-05-20 Wolda is the high-profile graphic design awards scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world. Designers, agencies, studios and students from all over the world are invited to enter any logo published between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. Winning entries are rewarded one "Best of World" trophy for the overall winner, five "Best of Continent" trophies, individual "Best of Nation" trophies and certificates for the best entry from each country. Into The Pixel: Video Game Art Exhibition Deadline: 2008-05-21 Into the Pixel (ITP) is the annual opportunity for published video and computer game artists to be recognized by renowned fine art experts, the art-loving public and by their peers in the video game industry. Only sixteen pieces are ultimately selected by the jury to be printed by a master printer, framed and hung in the ITP gallery, which then travels around the US and abroad. New York Recycles contest Deadline: 2008-05-23 The seventh annual New York Recycles contest invites all of New York State's public and private school children and youth organizations to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to the environment by participating in the poster contest. This poster contest will help us to achieve our goal of higher excellence in recycling, composting, and buying recycled products and packaging. PCI Total-Precast Design Challenge 2008 Deadline: 2008-05-23 This year's PCI Total-Precast Design Challenge is the design of a new middle school to be located at the designated site in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Successful entries will be characterized by innovative use of precast/prestressed concrete as an agent in sustainable design. Students may participate in the site-specific competition, or opt to enter in the nonsite-specific category and work with a local school district where plans for a school are in progress. PCI Design Awards program Deadline: 2008-05-23 The prestigious recognizes design excellence in precast concrete design for structures built across North America. Awards are given to showcase the best in class for a wide array of buildings, bridges, and custom solutions. Entries can also be eligible to win a number of special awards, including the coveted Harry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award, the Best All-Precast Structure Award, and a new award for Sustainable Design. LEX : Walsall Waterfront Competition Deadline: 2008-05-23 This new open design competition seeks innovative and exciting design proposals for phase two of the Walsall Waterfront redevelopment. The competition seeks designers with flair and imagination, who will add to the high standard of architecture produced in phase one. Submission deadline is May 30, 2008. 2nd Annual DiabetesMine" Design Challenge Deadline: 2008-05-26 This competition is designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes. It is open to all individuals and organizations developing devices or supplies for people with diabetes and will accept submissions in two categories: under age 18, and age 18 and older. Two of the most enticing design concepts will win a package of prizes to help further their creative efforts: $1,000 in cash, some pro-bono professional advice from world-renowned design experts. The Campus Life Competition Deadline: 2008-05-30 Develop an innovative mobile application or service that enhances campus life. These applications can encompass many things, from entertainment, sports and shopping through to safety, health and the pursuit of academic excellence. The winning applications or services should show a real insight into campus life; clearly address a specific need or opportunity; have the potential to make a difference to the on-campus lives of a significant number of students ; run on one or more mobile devices. The Prizes include 5000 Euros, 2000 Euros and 1000 Euros for the first three winners. New Practices New York 2008 Deadline: 2008-05-30 New Practices New York 2008 is juried portfolio competition and serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies. WidSets Challenge 2008 Deadline: 2008-05-30 The second Betavine Student Competition for 2008 is sponsored by Forum Nokia. WidSets Challenge 2008 is open to all students from all universities, polytechnics & colleges. The objective of the Challenge is to harness creativity and build the students' passion for innovation through mobile Web 2.0 technologies. The Prizes include 5000 Euros, 2000 Euros and 1000 Euros for the first three winners. Caravaning Design Award 2008 / 2009: Innovations for New Mobility Deadline: 2008-05-30 The caravaning design award is is exclusively reserved for the exhibitors of the Caravan Salon Dusseldorf 2008. The competition categories include: Caravans, Motor caravans, Base vehicles, Tents, Interiors, Fittings / Products / Interior components, Camping equipment, Technical equipment. The winners of the caravaning design award will be honored in an awards presentation during the official opening celebration. Rosa Parks Sculpture Design Competition Deadline: 2008-05-30 The Congress of the United States has authorized the production of a statue to memorialize civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks that will be placed in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. The statue and pedestal will not exceed ten feet in total height nor weigh more than 3,000 pounds. Ten artists, providing each with $10,000 for the creation of a maquette, drawings. Responsible Business Ideas Contest Deadline: 2008-05-31 This contest awards the best responsible business ideas from students across Europe and is open to all students participating in JA-YE Programmes who are 15-18 years old. Submit an idea for a possible business (product, service or both) which meets the contest criteria of market potential, social responsibility, environmental excellence, innovative approach of business solution. The winning team will receive an HP product for each member of the team (max. 5) and each member of the team (max. 5) will be invited to attend the JA-YE Europe Company of the Year Competition 2008 which will take place in Stockholm in July 2008. KOKUYO Design Award 2008 Deadline: 2008-05-31 The Kokuyo Design Award seeks to cast creativity and ideas into commercial products available to everyone. The 7th annual international product design competition for Stationery or Chair used in the office, home, or public spaces and this year's theme is “Carbon”. Submission deadline is 30 June 2008. One grand prize winner will receive 2 million JPY, four secon prize winners will receive 500,000 JPY each. Transform The Future 2008 Deadline: 2008-05-31 'Transform the Future' encourages design students to seek sustainable solutions to design problems. The judges will be looking for creative designs that will deliver a realistic and tangible improvement to the chosen space. Particular attention will be given to the use of colour, and to awareness of sustainability in the selection of all the materials used. The winning design will be implemented in the school or community. Besides the winning entries will be featured in Sustain magazine. 2008 NSF / AAAS Visualization Challenge: Stop, Look, and Learn Deadline: 2008-05-31 Create a science or engineering visualization and you could be one of this year's recipients of the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge awards. Researchers and science communicators are invited to participate in this unique and inspiring competition. Awards categories include: Photographs / Pictures, Illustrations / Drawings, Informational / Explanatory Graphics, Interactive Media, and Non-Interactive Media. Winning entries will be published in a special section of the September 26, 2008 issue of the journal Science and Science Online and on NSF's website. One winning entry will appear on the front cover of Science. The Saltire Prize Deadline: 2008-05-31 The Scottish Government has created the opportunity to award one of the biggest international innovation prizes in history through its plans for the Saltire Prize - a £10 million ($20 million) challenge prize for advances in clean energy. Details of the challenge is yet to be finalized. International Political Cartoon Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-01 International Political Cartoon Competition 2008 is open to cartoonists from all nations. The theme of the contest is Earthworks 2008 and is centered around climate change and other threats to the environment. First three winners will receive £500, £300 and £200. 2008 International Model Your Campus Competition Deadline: 2008-06-01 Google SketchUp's 2008 International Model Your Campus Competition invites student at a higher education institution almost anywhere in the world. Enter the contest to win an Apple iPod Touch, a Nintendo Wii Console, and a Google t-shirt and hat. Best private plots 08 Deadline: 2008-06-02 The competition highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression between architecture and landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space, technical and ecological planning. The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use and have been completed after January 1, 1998. Prizes include: 7,000 euro, 5,000 euro and 3,000 euro for the first three winners. 2008 "Capture the Coast" Photo Contest Deadline: 2008-06-02 This competition invites black-and-white or color images entries taken in the United States, Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean islands and is open to amateur photographers at least 21 years old. Coastal Living will select five images that best portray the coast. ADC Young Guns award Deadline: 2008-06-02 ADC Young Guns is an international competition open to young creative professionals who must be 30 years of age or younger and must have been working professionally for at least 2 years. 6-10 pieces of professional and personal work that spans the following creative disciplines: advertising, animation, architecture, environmental design, fashion, film and video, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, object design, packaging, photography, publishing, typography, and web design are eligible for entry. Fifty new Young Guns will be chosen as this year’s competition class for the gallery exhibition of their work. Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism Deadline: 2008-06-02 The Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism seek to increase the understanding and appreciation of design. It recognizes excellence in writing about design and encourage the development of young voices in design writing, commentary and criticism. There are two types of awards: Writing award of $10,000 that is open to writers, critics, scholars, historians, journalists and designers and given for a body of work and the Education award of $1,000 that is open to students (high school, undergraduate or graduate). Incheon International Design Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-02 Incheon Metropolitan City, the Host city of "Asian Games 2014" and "World City EXPO 2009 Incheon, Korea" invites designers around the world to participate. A prize pool totaling more than KRW 61 million as well as extra prize money contributed by various corporations will be awarded to talented designers, and a mock-up production funds of KRW 32 million will be provided. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Sound Barrier Design Competition Deadline: 2008-06-05 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol invites design agencies, businesses, universities and individuals across the world to create a revolutionary concept that is unique in terms of appearance, function and design. This construction will solve the complex problem of reducing low-frequency noise emitted by aircraft during take-off. In January 2009, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will award a sum of € 750,000 to the owner of the winning design. contractworld.award 2009 Deadline: 2008-06-06 Deutsche Messe Hannover invites entries for contractworld.award 2009, which is a prestigious European architecture prize for interior design. The total prize money is 60,000 euros. The award is presented each year for innovative interior design concepts in four categories: Offices/Administration buildings, Hotels/Spas/Catering facilities, Shops/Showrooms/Exhibition stands and Conversion. San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge Lighting Competition Deadline: 2008-06-06 THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO is seeking artist-led design teams to create environmentally-friendly lighting proposals for the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The intent of this project is to create a distinctive signature artwork that will enliven the public environment. The artistic design should create a sense of place, draw people to the region and withstand the test of time. The budget for this project is anticipated to be approximately $2 million to $3 million for design, fabrication and installation. A design stipend of approximately $12,000-$15,000 will be awarded to each Semi-finalist Wood Digest 's 2008 IDEA Competition Deadline: 2008-06-09 The Innovative Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition honors superior craftsmanship and creativity in woodworking. The competition is open to projects completed between Jan. 1, 2007 and May 15, 2008. A packet containing complete entry instructions will be mailed to you after your entry form and fee are received. There are over 13 categories and three winners will be selected in each of the 13 categories. OpenSolaris Community Innovation Awards Program Deadline: 2008-06-14 The OpenSolaris Community Innovation Awards are intended to recognize and reward new, enabling, innovative, and high-performance uses of OpenSolaris technology. To enter, you must be a participant of the OpenSolaris Community. 29 prizes are available: one grand prize is $30,000, 3 First Prizes of $15,000 each and 25 Second Prizes of $1,000 each. Millennium Promise Competition Deadline: 2008-06-17 The aim of this competition is to create an online campaign design for Millennium Promise, a non-profit organization with the mission to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals that address the many aspects of extreme poverty " in Africa by 2015. Entries are limited to text, images and video/audio files and promotes public awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. The total prize money is $10,000. Space Prize for International Students of Architecture Design 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-20 International Architectural Idea Competition invites applicants to create new alternatives for dwellings based on currently imaginable technological advancements and predictions of future social changes. Submission deadline is 11 Sept 2008. One grand prize winner will be awarded 5 million KRW, first prize winner will receive 2 million KRW and three second prize winners will receive 1 million KRW each. The extreme engineering challenge Deadline: 2008-06-20 Hope Technology invites teams of KS3 and KS4 students to engage them in working on a real design brief.. The competition is split into two age categories, and the design brief is slightly different for each. Prizes include £500, £300 and £200 for first three team members to personalise their bike with Hope Technology kit. Educational resources worth over £1000 for the school besides 10 free tickets for the Cycle Show. How Green Are You ? Competition Deadline: 2008-06-20 The contest AIA & Dwell: "How Green Are You?" invites submission of your green or sustainable project along with descriptive 250 word essay of the project highlighting the most important green elements. 3 winners will receive a gift certificate from the AIA to apply toward their next big Green Project. The 26th Space Prize Deadline: 2008-06-20 The competition is open to Undergraduate and graduate students up to Master's Degree in Korea and other countries. The theme of the contest is ‘Where, how do you live?’. Students are invited to propose new styles of dwellings reflecting the emergence of these new lifestyles. Submission deadline is September 11, 2008. The World Architecture Festival Awards Deadline: 2008-06-20 The largest architectural awards programme in the world is open to buildings completed between 1 January 2007 and 20 June 2008. The awards programme is designed to showcase your latest completed buildings, big or small, from anywhere in the world with 16 categories covering 96 building types. The Festival will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 22 to 24 October 2008. Design Observeur 09 Deadline: 2008-06-23 The APCI (French design promotion agency) has launched its 10th call POP entries aimed at companies in all sectors of business, design consultancies or freelance designers, as well as local or private organisations. The Design Observeur 09 is a quality label, an award, exhibitions in France and abroad, and an international conference. It welcomes companies and designers from all sectors of industry to exhibit their most recent and innovative creations. Fields of design intervention include: product; packaging; spaces and environment; graphic design/ visual communication; brand identity / branding; multimedia; corporate strategy; services; system; interface; color; material; sound and all other types of design intervention. Ecohouse Student Design Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-24 Ecohouse Student Design Competition invites students to design an ecohouse (floor area 120 sq metres approx) for up to six persons on a site of their choice. The design should be in a community context and should: Minimise the use of the earth's resource water, fossil fuel energy, materials and their maintenance for the life of the building; adopt slow building principles and be full of delight. Prizes: 1st Prize £2000, 2nd Prize £1000, 3rd Prize £ 500, Copies of Ecohouse and a design guide, signed by the authors will be sent to the top ten entries. Sheet Metal skills competition Deadline: 2008-06-25 The Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering in co-operation with Jaguar Cars Limited and the Metalforming Machinery Makers' Association will be holding the 2008 Competition at the Jaguar Visitor Centre, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham on the 25th June 2008. The Sheet Metal Skills Competition provides a great opportunity for young people to measure their skills against others in the sheet metal industry. There will be two classes for entry - the Open class and the Test piece class. There are cash prizes for the winners in each class. Workstation Design Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-30 Workstation of the Future 2008 is one of the most exciting design competitions for architects, designers and students to conceive the office of tomorrow. There are two categories for working professionals and students: Innovation Award and Sustainability Award. There are great prizes to be won including a D10-day trip to Orgatec, Cologne, a visit to our manufacturer Gispen in The Netherlands and a visit to Okamura in Japan. The 3rd Nitori One-House Total Coordination Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-06-30 Nitori invites the public to propose totally coordinated designs of fabrics, furniture and interior accessories that match the idea of One-House Total Coordination Merchandising (OTCM). It aims to commercialize excellent designs and sell them at Nitori stores as well as discover new designers to work with Nitori. Themes include:Basic style, Modern style and Contemporary style. Prizes include a total of 5 million yen. EveryVille online competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-07-01 EveryVille online competition is an extraordinary opportunity for university students from around the world to be directly involved in the organisation of the Venice Biennale. The competition calls for the preparation of an idea-project based on the theoretical-critical text written by the curator of the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Aaron Betsky. The top 10 projects will be exhibited at the architectural exhibition. Concept 2008 Deadline: 2008-07-01 Concept 2008 is looking for that innovative idea that will really make the difference to bringing up baby. Products should be within the following scope: All baby and nursery products, baby related equipment, clothing, bedding, changing equipment, bath time equipment, feeding equipment, monitors and alarms, gifts for young children and prospective parents, toys, audio and books and must not be currently offered for sale. Applicants must consider the use of Environmentally friendly/sustainable goods; Safety awareness/reduction of accidents; Requirements/demand on parents in everyday living. Good Design 2008 Deadline: 2008-07-01 The Chicago Athenaeum's GOOD DESIGN program is on quality design of the highest form, function, and aesthetic. Submissions are judged in terms of innovative design, new technologies, form, materials, construction, concept, function, utility, and energy efficiency, and sensitivity to the environment. Awarded design firms and manufacturers have the right to enter into a limited legal licensing agreement to use of the Museum's GOOD DESIGN logo to mark and identify the selected product or graphic in their marketing, publications, promotions, and communication campaigns as a public symbol of product and service quality. Extend Firefox 3 Deadline: 2008-07-04 Extend Firefox 3 is a global developer contest with prizes awarded for developing new FireFox Add-ons for the upcoming production release of Firefox 3. It is a developer contest to encourage development and innovation in Web experience through add-ons to Firefox 3. Seoul Design Competition Deadline: 2008-07-10 The Seoul Design Competition is to be held under the theme of 'Design isAIR' with the goal to uncover environmentally-friendly and creative design solutions for a sustainable city life in the future. Students and Professionals in the field of design around the world are invited to submit their designs. Grand prizewinner will be awarded USD 5,000 plus invitation to attend the awarding ceremony on Oct. 30, 2008. Deisel Wall 2008: Big Ideas Need Big Spaces Deadline: 2008-07-11 The 5th edition of the Diesel Wall art contest continues its tour around the world and reaches 4 new corners of the planet: Manchester (UK), Barcelona (Spain), Zurich (Switzerland) and NY (US). Creative person from any country in the world can apply online and submit designs for the chance to feature in this new edition of the project. DETAIL Prize 2009 Deadline: 2008-07-14 The DETAIL Industry Prize is aimed at manufacturers and developers of innovative building products and technical solutions, as well as at architects and engineers who have made use of these products. Entrants should show how their innovative products, integrated into the overall concept of a reference building, play a distinctive role and contribute to the success of the overall design. The total prize fund is € 27.000. Prizes are awarded to buildings that feature especially well-designed, groundbreaking and technically-innovative details within an outstanding overall design. The Semi Annual Pulse Innovative Design Contest Deadline: 2008-07-15 The semi-annual Pulse Innovative Design Contest encourages designers and non-designers alike to submit original designs to us for consideration. The winner will be awarded $1000 USD besides the fame. Toscana Design Competition Deadline: 2008-07-15 PMI scarl Agency of Promotion of Upholstered furniture organize a competition of ideas addressing the living zone. One professional jury composed from famous designers and architects will reward the best projects. The total prize amount is 10,000Euros. INTERIEUR 08 Design Competition Deadline: 2008-07-15 The 19th design competition is centered on three thematic subjects, it focuses on new, functional, creative and contemporary prototypes. Prizes total value of 35,000 euro. Entry fee is 100Euros. Sennheiser Sound Logo Competition Deadline: 2008-07-17 Global Marketing at Sennheiser is inviting entries for sound logos. An entry is allowed to be up to eight seconds long. Contributions should be uploaded onto the website in MP3 format. The winner will receive a prize of 5,000 euros. 2008 International Metallographic Contest Deadline: 2008-07-18 The International Metallographic Contest features the best work of metallographers and microstructural analysts from around the world. There are eleven classes for submission. Best in Show will receive the Jacquet-Lucas Award which includes $3000.00 besides plaques, certificates etc. 43rd Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition Deadline: 2008-07-25 Entries are invited for proposals to show how the architecture will interact with the context and practical constraints of the World Heritage site. Applicants are free to select any World Heritage Site and any type of architecture such as information booths, exhibition halls, hotels, restaurants, and viewing platforms to coexist with the site for this contest. One first place winner will be awarded ¥2,000,000, three-second place winners will be awarded ¥300,000 and six third place winners will receive ¥100,000. The IET Innovation Awards 2008 Deadline: 2008-07-25 The IET Innovation Awards celebrate the products, technologies and processes that lead the way in engineering innovation. The award recognizes the innovative work being carried out across all areas of engineering and technology. There are 15 categories namely: Asset Management, Built Environment, Control, Instrumentation and Robotics Electronics, Emerging Technologies, Information Technology, Power / Energy, Product Design, Project Team, Security, Software in Design, Start-up Sustainability, Telecommunications, Transport. The IET Innovation Awards 2008 Presentation Ceremony will take place in November 2008 Busby Web Solutions 2008 SEO Challenge Deadline: 2008-07-31 BUSBY is inviting Web Design specialists to create own homepage and secondary page website design based on the industry that you are allocated on 1st June 2008 and submit on or before 31st August for a chance to win thousands. Categories include: Government or not for profit, Service based, Manufacturing, Retail. Prizes include A$5,000, A$2,000 and A$500 for the first three winners. Skyway Cup 2008 Developer Contest Deadline: 2008-07-31 Skyway Software, a provider of technology and processes for simplifying the delivery of software is inviting eligible developers worldwide to submit their entries. Developers must use Skyway Builder Community Edition (CE), a model-centric JEE development tool, to serve their specific needs in the categories of Best Rich Internet Application (RIA) and Best Skyway Builder CE Extension. Prizes include: $25,000, $7,500 and $2,500 for the first there winners. Ultimate install contest Deadline: 2008-08-01 Microsoft is looking for the finest and most creative installation utilizing Windows Media Center in a residential system. Submit your best Windows Media Center project for the opportunity to win a vacation for two and visit to the Microsoft campus as well as recognition for as the design and installation firm who built the Ultimate Media Center. Blueprints and footprints competition Deadline: 2008-08-01 Deadline: 1st August 2008 This contest is based on your home and the theme is sustainability. All entrants must first register by 1st August 2008. Eligible entrants are any students currently attending a NZ secondary school - or year 9 - year 13 home school studies. This is a great opportunity to explore meaningful ideas in a very open brief, and win great Apple prizes great tools for ongoing learning. 13th International Bicycle Design Competition Deadline: 2008-08-10 The international Bicycle Design Competition is open for entries. All individuals or groups interested in the competition are welcome to participate, regardless of nationality, gender, race or age. IBDC will present the award-winning designs to bicycle manufacturers, with the goal of licensing one or more designs for mass-production. The total prize amounts to NT$1,160,000 (approximately USD36,250). Zehnder Design Contest Deadline: 2008-08-15 Zehnder Design Contest is open to to kitchen and bath designers, architects, interior designers, and custom builders who would like to showcase their talents and ideas through their entry of a completed bathroom, master bathroom, powder room, spa or mudroom. The winning submissions will be awarded $3500.00, $2000.00 and $1000.00 for the first three winners. Urbanism Invitation to Tender/ Brussels Deadline: 2008-08-17 This contest invites entrants for a study of the urbanization of a 10 hectare site in the limits of the Bruxelles Region, bordering the Soignes Forest in the Woluwé-Saint-Pierre Commune. The site will be dedicated mainly for social and medium housing. The teams will propose three development scenarios for the site at a later stage. Nokia Mobile Games Innovation Challenge Deadline: 2008-08-20 Nokia has launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future. The competition is open to game designer and developer companies worldwide and the total prize money is 70,000 Euro. Busby Web Design World Cup Deadline: 2008-08-31 Busby Web Solutions Web Design World Cup is designed to promote your design on our website to thousands of potential customers globally. Create your own homepage and secondary page website design based on the industry that you are allocated on 1st June 2008 and submit on or before 31st August. Prizes to be awarded include $5,000, $2,000 and $500 for the first three winners. Propeller Contest Project Deadline: 2008-09-01 Applicants are invited to submit their project featuring the Parallax Propeller chip. Project Numbers will be issued upon registration that represents a commitment to submit a project in the contest by October 21st, 2008. The total prize money is $4,000. UN photography contest Deadline: 2008-09-01 United Nations agricultural agency has announced a world photography contest to highlight the role of the potato, the planet’s fourth largest food source. The contest, entitled Focus on a global food, invites photographers to capture the spirit of the International Year in images that illustrate potato biodiversity, cultivation, processing, trade, marketing, consumption and utilization. Winners will be awarded cash prizes totalling some $11,000 as well as Nikon cameras. Shake your Rights contest Deadline: 2008-09-14 For the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ART for The World Europa and NABA- Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti - Milano, are sponsoring a worldwide contest open to students enrolled in fine art colleges. The contest promoters want to celebrate the Declaration through six main themes: Dignity and Justice, Gender, Participation, Development, Culture and Environment. Artists must evoke these themes through the realization of creative posters. Winning poster will be printed in different languages and distribute by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to all its offices and relative NGOs. Andreu World 2008 Design Competition Deadline: 2008-09-15 Furniture Design Competition invites entries for tables and chairs. The main material used shall be Beech wood, Oak wood or Walnut. The use of other materials such as metals, plastics, glass, etc. is allowed when complementary, structural or incidental to the above. Prize includes 4,000 EUR and 2,000 EUR for the first and second prizewinners. Eastern European Journalism Award Contest 2008 Deadline: 2008-09-19 Eastern European Journalism Award 2008 is awarded for articles that focus on the social situation and the living conditions of the people in Central and Eastern Europe. The submitted contribution should already be published. The first prizewinner is awarded € 2.000 besides € 1.000 will be awarded to second and third prizewinner and all three awardees will be invited to the presentation of prizes in Munich. Fritz Kutter Prizes 2008 Deadline: 2008-09-26 Fritz-Kutter prize for Practice-Relevant Computer Science Theses is awarded for any final thesis work (diploma, masters, doctoral etc.) at a Swiss university or higher-education college. A total of CHF 10'000 is available each year for these prizes. Any thesis in the area of computer science completed between July 2007 and the end of September 2008 is eligible. The supervising professor should complete the submission format along with the PDF version of the project description. Vodafone Egypt Competition 2008 Deadline: 2008-09-30 Vodafone is offering all University students in Egypt the chance to win up to 5,000 euros, in its first mobile software development competition in Egypt. Develop an innovative mobile application based around one of the four concepts of Social Networking and Communications; Information & Entertainment; Ofice & Business to Business; Social Impact. Best Degree Projects Florence International Exchange Deadline: 2008-09-30 The Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation of Florence (Italy) is calling for the 5th edition of the International Contest & Virtual Expo "Degree & Profession", open to graduates in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Town and Community Planning, Conservation and Restoration, Design, Visual and Figurative Arts. The purpose of this event is to give to young students an opportunity to the possibility to win many awards (money prizes, stages, hotel vouchers, publication in specialized magazines). 2008 Siemens PLM Software Student Design Contest Deadline: 2008-09-30 Siemens PLM Software student design contest invites students to send in images created using Siemens PLM Software products. All images must be entered and received by the 20th of each month. Prizes will be awarded monthly for the best student design. September 30 is the deadline for all entries to be considered for the 2009 calendar. Olympus BioScapesTM Digital Imaging Competition Deadline: 2008-09-30 Olympus America Inc. is sponsoring an exciting photo competition that will honor extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. First prize will be Olympus microscope or camera equipment valued at $5,000. Nine additional winners will also receive valuable prizes from Olympus. Innovation Day Competition Deadline: 2008-10-10 This student invention competition is open to all UW-Madison undergraduate students. Find out how to develop your devices or processes and create a prototype. The competition and judging for both the Schoofs Prize for Creativity and Tong Prototype Prize will be held Thursday and Friday, Feb. 12-13, 2009, on the engineering campus. The ]present[ Architecture’s Challenge Deadline: 2008-10-15 The ]present[ Architecture’s Challenge is an International Competition for Students in Architecture " 2008. The competition is organized for the students studying in the schools affiliated to AEEA. Equally, those students attending other schools, without AEEA affiliation, are eligible. The projects can be either individual or designed by a student team coordinated by a faculty member. PRIZES: Prize I: 6,000 Euro, Prize II: 4,000 Euro, Prize III: 3,000 Euro and Mentions: 1,000 Euro each. Registration Deadline: Monday, March 31, 2008. Akademos / TextbookX.com 2008 Scholarship Deadline: 2008-10-31 Akademos, Inc. is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Scholarship. Students are invited to submit essay that must be at least 250 words on the topic ‘What should be done, if anything, to stop nuclear proliferation?’ One grand prize will be awarded $2,000 and two runner-up will receive $250 gift certificates. Intellivision Programming Contest 2008 Deadline: 2008-11-01 Entrants are invited to write a game for the Intellivision. The game must be no larger than 16K 16-bit words. The game must play as intended on an unexpanded Intellivision®, Intellivision® II, and Sears Super Video Arcade with minimal glitches. Add your Idea Contests to this list which is viewed by inventors, innovators and idea people. There is no cost to add your Contests if you exchange links with us. Send us an Email |
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