This year, the School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT) at Claremont Graduate University is hosting a Student Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Challenge Contest for GIS day on November 16th, 2011. We are sponsoring this contest in collaboration with Esri to encourage graduating (or recently graduated) students in pursuing innovation and advanced education in GIS and related information sciences.
A national press release was just released for the contest can be found at http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/claremont-graduate-university-launches-scholarship-contest-for-student-gis-software-developers-129652653.html. As summarized in the release two grand prizes will be awarded, one in for transportation safety applications, and one for health/humanitarian applications. *The grand prize includes: $1000 in cash, a trip to Claremont, California for GIS Day, and $35,000 Tuition Scholarship *toward a graduate degree from our school. Click here for a flyer about the competition. Those who are interested can register on the SISAT Advanced GIS Lab (A-GIS Lab) website and will receive the full proposal submission guidelines when they do so. Please visit the site at: http://www.cgu.edu/gischallenge. *The Deadline for Proposal Submissions is **11:59pm Tuesday, November 1st, 2011*. Challenge winners will be announced on GIS Day November 16th, 2011. Their work will also be showcased at the GIS Day event on our campus in Claremont, California. More information about SISAT/CGU graduate degree programs can be found at: www.cgu.edu/SISAT GITA Pacific Northwest chapter is having a GIS poster competition event at the annual conference in October: http://www.gita.org/chapters/pacific/upcoming_events.asp.
Please encourage students to submit a poster. The student does not need to attend the conference to enter the competition. GITA PNW Chapter Upcoming Events Cartography Isn't Dead Poster Competition Do you have an interesting map or project to highlight? Submit a poster to our poster competition! Competition Rules:
URISA is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Student Competition.
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to showcase their work by participating in the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 2011 Student Paper and Poster Competition. Categories: PAPERS - Students are invited to submit a paper for a special section of the URISA Journal. The papers will undergo a review process under the direction of the Publications Committee, augmented by the Editor of the URISA Journal. Lead authors of the top three papers would receive an award of a one-year membership in URISA or free registration at the annual URISA conference. POSTERS - Community college and GIS Certificate students are invited to submit posters. The posters will undergo a review process under the direction of the Publications Committee, augmented by community college instructors. (This category is co-sponsored by the National GeoTech Center.) The top ten posters will receive an award of a one-year membership in URISA and will be recommended for free registration at a regional URISA conference. The URISA Student Competition Committee will review all submissions and the winners will be notified in early August. Winners will be recognized during the awards ceremony at GIS-Pro 2011: URISA's 49th Annual Conference in Indianapolis. Submissions are due June 6, 2011. Click here for additional information on the 2011 Student Competition and to review submissions from previous winners. Please contact URISA Education Manager, Jennifer Griffith, at jgriffith@urisa.org with questions. For information about other Student Competitions, across the globe, be sure to visit http://studentcompetitions.com/. |
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