Submission deadline: 30 November 2012
Are you a full-time undergraduate university student or recent graduate?
Join the Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge today to become eligible to win a free trip to Budapest and perhaps a $10,000 scholarship. Write, present and defend your policy recommendation and contribute to the conversation about issues affecting the global community.
About the Challenge
The Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge is an annual competition designed to engage undergraduate students and recent graduates in ongoing public debate and reflection on issues affecting the global community. It offers students from across continents and educational disciplines an opportunity to explore issues from different points of view.
The second annual Challenge has just kicked off and will culminate in a final competition in Budapest in June 2013. The Challenge theme, Digital Freedom and its Limits, explores what policies governments or other groups should adopt to enhance the potential of digital technology to benefit individuals and societies. It also encourages debates about the limits on Internet freedom and covers issues related to social networks, privacy, child safety, freedom, censorship, democracy, transparency, national security and much more.
The Challenge consists of two written tasks and culminates at the forum in Budapest, where the final round of the competition will take place and scholarships will be awarded. Any undergraduate student or recent graduate from any discipline, anywhere in the world, can take part by submitting a paper in Round 1. From these submissions up to 200 participants will be selected to proceed to Round 2. Once those are judged, up to 50 finalists will win trips to Budapest with the cost of travel and accommodation paid by Challenge organisers. Finalists will attend workshops with their peers to hone their public speaking and advocacy skills. (More Challenge details)
Who can participate?
Undergraduate students, enrolled full-time in an accredited college or university anywhere in the world, as well as recent graduates. (More eligibility details and Challenge rules)
Prizes
From the participants who are chosen to participate at the final stage of the Challenge, the Forum in Budapest, there will be up to five $10,000 winners. Each winner will receive either a scholarship payable to a Graduate School of the winner’s choice for study in a field related to Public Policy, or a grant payable to a non-profit institution of the winner’s choice for an internship or placement in a field related to Public Policy. (More prize details)
How to accept the Challenge
- Visit the Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge website
- Register for the Challenge
- Review the background materials and details of the first task
- Prepare and submit your policy memo, according to the instructions, by 30 November 2012