Are you working on research that you want to share with a larger audience? Do you want a chance to win up to $3,000? There’s still time to enter Grad Slam, a UC-sponsored competition designed to showcase graduate student research for a general audience. The UC Berkeley campus-wide competition will take place on April 3, 2019. The winner from this event will compete in the UC-wide competition on May 10, 2019. Take These Three Easy Steps to Submit Your Video Craft a 3-minute talk on your original research. The pitch should be clear, organized, and well-delivered. Make a video recording of your pitch. You do not need to use professional video equipment! You can do it at home or school with a phone or laptop camera. Submit your video by 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) on Monday, February 18, 2019. Read more about the competition rules, and specific requirements for your video on the Grad Slam website. What’s Next? Live Competitions! Campus competition, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 3 – 5:30 pm Up to ten semi-finalists will be selected from the video submissions to participate in a live campus competition. All the semi-finalists will receive $100, and three finalists will win cash prizes of up to $3,000! Systemwide competition, Friday, May 10, 2019 The winner of the campus competition will represent Berkeley at the UC system-wide competition at the LinkedIn headquarters in San Francisco and will have a chance to win even bigger cash prizes, as well as garner statewide media attention! Good luck!
Are you working on research that you want to share with a larger audience? Do you want a chance to win up to $3,000? There’s still time to enter Grad Slam, a UC-sponsored competition designed to showcase graduate student research for a general audience. The UC Berkeley campus-wide competition will take place on April 3, 2019. The winner from this event will compete in the UC-wide competition on May 10, 2019. Take These Three Easy Steps to Submit Your Video Craft a 3-minute talk on your original research. The pitch should be clear, organized, and well-delivered. Make a video recording of your pitch. You do not need to use professional video equipment! You can do it at home or school with a phone or laptop camera. Submit your video by 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) on Monday, February 18, 2019. Read more about the competition rules, and specific requirements for your video on the Grad Slam website. What’s Next? Live Competitions! Campus competition, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 3 – 5:30 pm Up to ten semi-finalists will be selected from the video submissions to participate in a live campus competition. All the semi-finalists will receive $100, and three finalists will win cash prizes of up to $3,000! Systemwide competition, Friday, May 10, 2019 The winner of the campus competition will represent Berkeley at the UC system-wide competition at the LinkedIn headquarters in San Francisco and will have a chance to win even bigger cash prizes, as well as garner statewide media attention! Good luck!