How will the proposals be judged?

• Review Criteria for written submissions
  • Creativity, originality and/ or innovation of proposal – 50%
  • Clearly articulated and well-written proposal – 20%
  • Well thought-out and justified budget – 15%
  • Feasibility of completion by team – 15%
• ROUND 1: 
  • Non-elimination round
  • All teams will receive constructive feedback to improve their submission.
  • Teams will have the option to edit and resubmit their proposal for Round 2 or withdraw from competition at this time.
• ROUND 2:
  • Elimination round
  • Ten (10) teams will advance to live finals.
  • All teams will receive constructive feedback from reviewers to be used in NOVA final round (if advanced) or for future proposal development.
• ROUND 3:
  • Live Ignite presentation 
  • Each team is given 5 minutes and the use of twenty (20) slides advancing every 15 seconds to “sell” their project.
  • Panel has 10 minutes to ask questions.
  • After all presentations are complete, panel will take 30 minutes to confer
  • Winners are announced