2. CATEGORIES
2.1 There are five, sponsored entry categories:
Construction: Design in the Built Environment sponsored by Atkins Global
Healthcare sponsored by Glaxo SmithKline
Innovation sponsored by McLaren
Aerospace sponsored by Rolls-Royce plc
Energy sponsored by Semta
3. HOW TO ENTER
3.1 Each category sponsor poses a problem to which entrants must create a solution.
3.2 Entrants must describe the solution to their chosen challenge in 1,000 words or fewer. Entries may be supported by annotations and diagrams.
3.3 Submissions must relate to the posed problems only. Submissions relating to other problems and their solutions will not be accepted.
3.4 Entries must be in English.
3.5 An entry must be the original work of the entrant submitting it and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other competition.
3.6 Entries must be submitted via www.telegraph.co.uk/stemawards.
3.7 Entries must be received by midnight on Monday, February 15, 2016.
3.8 An entrant may enter this Competition once only. Once submitted, the Promoter cannot accept any changes to any part of an entry.
3.9 Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of transmission or posting will not be accepted as proof of receipt. Entries must not be sent through agencies or third parties.
4. COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4.1 It is the responsibility of each entrant to obtain their own legal advice in relation to copyright, patent, design and any other intellectual properties rights relating to their entry and its submission to the Competition.
4.2 It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that their entry does not infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of any third party or any laws.
4.3 Copyright and all other intellectual property rights in all entries submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants or their college, as applicable. However, each entrant and college grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to Telegraph Media Group Limited and its group companies and the Competition’s Sponsors to feature any or all of the submitted entries in any of their publications, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition. Entrants and colleges will not receive remittance for such publication, though their work will be credited.
4.4 Entrants are on notice that:
a) the competition procedure is not confidential;
b) making the application and/or participating in the competition process may preclude the entrant from applying for patent or other intellectual property right protection for the entrant’s proposal thereby disclosed; and
c) Telegraph Media Group Limited and its group companies and the Competition’s Sponsors accept no responsibility for protecting the entrant’s proposal from disclosure, copying or infringement.
5. JUDGING PROCESS
5.1 The decision of the judges will be at their sole discretion; be final; and no correspondence will be entered into.
5.2 The judging process is comprised of two stages.
First Stage
5.3 Each Category sponsor will short list up to five submissions, from all entries received in their category by the closing date. The short listed entrants will then be required to present their ideas to the category sponsor at a location and on a date of the category sponsor’s choosing.
5.4 The judge of each category will select one Category Winner to go forward to the Final Stage short list.
5.5 The judges will base their decision on the following criteria:
· Innovation;
· Originality;
· Relevance to Industry
5.6 The Category Winners will be announced on Monday, March 14, 2016.
Final Stage
5.7 The final stage of the Competition will take place at the offices of the lead sponsor, Babcock International Group plc, Wigmore Street, London on a day in April, 2015 to be confirmed. Refreshments for finalists will be provided
5.8 Each short listed entrant will be given 20 minutes to present their idea to the Final Stage judges.
5.9 The judges will base their decision on the following criteria:
· Innovation;
· Originality;
· Relevance to Industry
5.10 The five short listed entrants will be invited to attend the UK STEM Awards ceremony, which will take place in London during June 2015 at a venue and on a date to be confirmed. The winner will be announced at the event.
5.11 The short listed entrants will be responsible for their own travel, accommodation and other personal expenditure.
6. JUDGES
6.1 The Category judges are:
For Semta
· Stuart Turner, Senior Policy Adviser;
For Rolls-Royce plc
· Malcolm Hillel, Chief of Technology, Strategic Research Centre;
For Glaxo SmithKline
· Surina Treon, Head of Global Brand Activation;
For McLaren Automotive Ltd
· Richard Farquhar, Head of Power Train;
For Atkins Global
· Steve Tasker, DE MD
· Julian Sutherland, Technical Director – Sustainability;
· Caroline Paradise, Head of Design Research;
· Vicky Stewart, STEM Hub Leader and member of Acoustics Team;
· Alison Jones, DE Building Design Team
6.2 The Final Stage judges are:
· Peter Rogers, CEO, Babcock International Group plc;
· Javier Espinoza, Education Editor, The Telegraph.
7. PRIZES
Overall Winner
7.1 The winning entrant will win £25,000, which will be in the form of a cheque made payable to the winning entrant.
7.2 Where the winning entrant is a team, the cheque will be made payable either to (a) the nominated team leader or if (b) the deputy team leader, receipt by either of whom shall discharge the obligation to pay the prize money. The recipient of the prize money (the team leader or deputy team leader as the case may be) shall have sole responsibility for distributing the prize money amongst the team in such proportions as the team shall determine and no responsibility shall attach to the Promoter or the Competition Sponsors for its distribution.
7.3 The prize includes a bespoke mentoring programme from a senior engineer within Babcock International Group for either the winning entrant or the entrant’s university or higher education college department, as deemed appropriate solely by Babcock International Group.
7.4 The winning entrant’s project will feature in the STEM Awards supplement, to be published in The Daily Telegraph on a date to be confirmed after the event.
Runners-up
7.5 Each of the runner-up short listed entrant’s project will be featured in the STEM Awards supplement, to be published in The Daily Telegraph on a date to be confirmed after the event.
8. GENERAL
8.1. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse to accept any entry which in its opinion does not comply with these terms and conditions or which contravenes the spirit of the Competition.
8.2 The Promoter further reserves the right to cancel any category or the Competition itself where, in its sole opinion, the calibre or quantity of entries is insufficient.
8.3 The Promoters decision in all Competition-related matters shall be final.
8.4 The names and university or college of the winner and runners-up may be disclosed to anyone who writes within one month after the published closing date, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, to STEM Awards Winner Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT.
8.5 The winner and runners-up will be required to take part in reasonable publicity on behalf of the Promoter and/or the Competition Sponsors.
8.6 The prizes as described are available on the date of publication. All prizes are non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
8.7. Events may occur that render the Competition itself or the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary, amend or waive the Competition’s rules and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.
Promoter Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.