Organized by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the Science without Borders Challenge/Award is an annual and global competition organized for teens with the purpose of engaging them to seek out ways to promote preservation/conservation efforts while ensuring the overall protection and restoration of the oceans and their immense resources.
For the 2017 Challenge, students in primary and secondary schools are required to use their imaginations to create art pieces that depict made-up Reef SuperSpecies; Those are organisms (plants or animals) that has found ways adapting to deadly threats facing coral reef ecosystems. Please note that entrants into the competition can make up their own organisms or base their art creations on already existing [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][known] organisms.
Important Information
Application Deadline: 24th April, 2017
Results Announcement Expected: May 2017
Offered annually? Yes
Eligible Countries: All
To be taken at (country): Online
Eligibility: The Science Without Borders Challenge is open to primary and secondary school students 11-19 years old. Students must be enrolled in primary or secondary school, or the home school equivalent. College and university students are not eligible for this contest.
Work will be judged in two categories, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes awarded for each:
- 11 – 14 year-olds
- 15 – 19 year-olds
Selection Criteria:
- All artwork must be an original work by the contestant and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties. For instance, drawing a character from a cartoon or movie is not considered an original work.
- The artwork must be 2D such as a painting or drawing. Acceptable media include: paint, pencil, marker, crayon, ink, and oil pastel. Digitally created artwork, including photographs, are not accepted.
- You must send your original artwork. Digital copies of artwork are NOT permitted.
- All submissions must be made by an individual artist. Group submissions are not permitted.
- Participants may submit only 1 art piece.
- Write your first and last name and age in pencil on the back of your artwork.
- Fill out all required information on the Entry Forms (pages 5-7).
- Artwork and art descriptions may be used in publications and distributed to the media.
- The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation reserves the right to disqualify artwork deemed offensive.
- If the explanation of artwork or the artwork itself is plagiarized, then it will be disqualified.
- Entries that do not comply with all of the contest rules will be disqualified.
Selection Process: A panel of artists, educators, and scientists will be formed to judge the Science Without Borders® Challenge. Artwork will be evaluated on the quality of the artwork, originality, and adherence to the theme.
Number of Awardees:
Value of Contest: Winners of the Science Without Borders® Challenge will be publicly announced. Prizes awarded to contestant winners are as follows:
- 1st Place: $500
- 2nd Place: $350
- 3rd Place: $200
How to Apply:
All intending participants in this competition must first download the entry form here [Download your Entry Form], after which they must submit it online by following this link below-
[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
