Proposal Formats
1. Experimental design
This format is best suited for projects that want to clarify or discover information. For example, designing an experiment to detect toxins in drinking water or soil.
Requirements:
Requirements:
- 1-2 pages typed, includes:
- Introduction
- Methods
- Reasoning and justification of Methods
- Annotated bibliography
- Presentation
2. Research paper
This format is best suited for projects that want to comprehensively unify known information. For example, conducting a literature review on the role of a specific protein in an age-related disease.
Requirements:
Requirements:
- 1-2 pages typed, includes:
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Annotated bibliography
- Presentation
3. Software / algorithm design
This format is best suited for projects that want to concretely apply code/algorithm/ML/AI solutions. For example, creating an app that patients and doctors can use to track their health.
Requirements:
Requirements:
- 1-2 pages typed, includes:
- Problem
- Solution
- Code: Raw code files and packages
- Demonstration
- Presentation
4. Business plan
This format is best suited for projects that want to leverage known technologies and information as a product or service. For example, creating a subscription plan for prescription refills and delivery.
Requirements: Coming soon
Requirements: Coming soon
Presentation
- All teams are required to present their project to the judges, regardless of the format they have selected
- Each team is limited to (5) PowerPoint slides and will have up to (9) minutes to present their project to the judges: (5) minutes for the presentation and (4) minutes for questions.
- Each project should address the following four components:
- Background
- Problem
- Challenges
- Solution