NASA Means Business Student Competition 2003
Program Announcement
NASA and the Texas Space Grant Consortium are pleased to announce NASA Means Business Student Competition 2003.
The program is open to teams of graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. Particularly encouraged are student teams with members representing both the traditional "space disciplines" (engineering, natural sciences, etc.) PLUS some not normally associated with space exploration, like advertising, marketing, journalism, survey research, sociology/psychology, radio-TV-film, communication, fine arts, performing arts, and other similar disciplines.
Fall Semester Open Competition: Proposals containing draft Public Service Announcement (PSA) video storyboards with description of audience(s) targeted and supporting data. Topic: NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
Spring Semester Finalist Competition: Two PSAs (digital videos) for NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
Fall 2002 Semester (All teams)
11/1/02 - Deadline for Submission of Letters of Intent to Compete
11/22/02 - Deadline for Submission of Proposals
12/13/02 - Announcement of 6 Finalist Teams
Spring 2003 Semester (Finalist Teams)
Week of 3/10/03 - Midpoint Videoconferences
5/6-8/03 - Fifth Annual NASA Customer Engagement
Conference (Houston, TX)
Cash Award: $1,000 per team - Upon selection as a Finalist Team
Travel Expenses: Two to attend Customer Engagement Conference - to each Finalist Team
TGrand Prize: Trip to present work - To the team with the best overall performance, based on criteria set forth in the Competition Guidelines. Destination to be determined, but is likely to be either Washington, DC (NASA Headquarters) or Pasadena, CA (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
The Competition Guidelines have been posted at http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb
