Yet another student program. This competition includes science, business,
communication, etc.

Dear Space Grant Community -


We request your assistance in spreading the word to the academic community
about our fifth annual NASA Means Business Student Competition, where
students from a broad range of backgrounds are invited to employ their
skills to design and develop digital video Public Service Announcements for
NASA's Mars Exploration Program.


We are particularly interested in attracting the traditional engineering and
natural science students as well as those in advertising, marketing,
communication, radio-television-film, journalism and other similar
professions. Indeed, we encourage the formation of multidisciplinary teams.


Would you please send this Program Announcement to whomever you think might
be interested -- universities, departments, professors and students?


Thank you!


Texas Space Grant Consortium
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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.


ELIGIBILITY


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.


COMPETITION TOPICS


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.


DATES
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)


AWARDS


Cash Award: $1,000 per team - Upon selection as a Finalist Team
Travel Expenses: Two to attend Customer Engagement Conference - to each
Finalist Team
Grand 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).


FOR MORE INFORMATION


The Competition Guidelines have been posted at
http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb/.