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NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest 2019

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Eligibility

Class 7 to 12

Region

All

Award

Up to USD 5000

Deadline

Closed

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About The Program

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Co-sponsored by National Space Society invites applications from students of class 7 to 12 for its annual Ames Space Settlement Competition. The students can participate individually or in teams, they are required to develop space settlement designs and related materials. The highest ranking entry can win an award of USD 5000.

EligibilityDeadline Date: Closed

The following students are eligible:

  • Students from class 7th to 12th 
  • Individual students or a team of maximum 12 members 

Note- Individuals, small teams of two to five and large teams of six to twelve are judged separately.​

Benefits
  • All the winners will receive a certificate from NASA.
  • The best submission will win the grand prize, consisting of the space settlement submission being placed on the contest World Wide Web site.
  • All the participants are invited to attend 38th annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Arlington, VA June 6-9.
  • The highest ranking winners attending will be invited to give oral presentations.
  • The highest ranking attending entry will receive the Herman Rubin Award of USD 5000 and an opportunity to give a plenary talk at one of the conference's signature events.
  • An opportunity to meet some of the most important people in space development.
Documents

The students planning to attend the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) are required to request for a Visa which might take months to process. If an invitation letter is required, the students shall ask for it at isdc.students@nss.org

How can you apply?

Entries can only be submitted digitally. Follow the below steps: 

Step 1: Visit the online application portal.
Step 2: Register and create a new account.
Step 3: Start the entry (Can also be saved in-progress).
Step 4: Submit the design entry.

Note: There is a submission fee of USD 10 for each entry.

More Details
Terms and Conditions

Contest categories are:

  • 7th grade and younger: individual, small group, large group
  • 8th grade: individual, small group, large group
  • 9th grade: individual, small group, large group
  • 10th grade: individual, small group, large group
  • 11th grade: individual, small group, large group
  • 12th grade: individual, small group, large group
  • Additional categories based on artistic and literary merit are also included in the contest.

Terms and Conditions: 

  • The certificate will be sent through the mail in a PDF format.
  •  Contestants are responsible for all travel arrangements and costs, visas and conference expenses.
  • All the minor contestants are required to be accompanied by adults (21 and over).
  • Submissions must relate to free space settlements. Settlements may not be on a planet or moon.
  • Settlements must be permanent homes, not temporary work camps. 
  • Designs, original research, essays, stories, models, artwork or any other orbital space settlement related materials may be submitted.
  • The submission must not be longer than 50 pages until extremely necessary and not larger than 24 MB.
  • Plagiarism is forbidden. The contestant may use photographs from the web but the source needs to be credited.
  • Short passages copied should be surrounded in double quotes and the source should be indicated, in case plagiarism is detected the student risks immediate disqualification.
  • Quoting long passages is forbidden.
  • Instructors, mentors or parents may assist the student by presenting relevant resources, discussing core concepts and suggesting minor edits, but the work itself must be entirely student produced.
  • All decisions by the judges are final.

Note: Every year up to 30% of all entries are caught copying materials, they are eliminated. Plagiarism will be checked through automated plagiarism detectors. Any hint of copied material will not be considered at all.

Contact Details

National Space Society
P.O. Box 98106 Washington,
DC 20090-8106

Telephone: (202) 429-1600
E-mail: nsshq@nss.org

Important Links
FAQ's

Q. How and when will the results be known?
A. Contest results will be posted at a link from the contest web page a few days after judging is complete. Judging is usually complete 2-3 weeks after the contest deadline.

Q. How does the candidate enter the contest?
A. Simply send an entry to NASA Ames by the deadline along with entry forms. All entries must be hard copy (paper), no electronic entries are permitted. See the contest web page for details.

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