Student Challenges: Win Prizes!!

Challenge 1: Hybrid Meetings – How Much Carbon Have We Saved?

The 2021 ASA meeting is organised around hubs in the major astronomical centres in Australia.  Provide an estimate of how much carbon has been saved by using this meeting format, rather than the standard ASA meeting format, where all the astronomers would have met in Melbourne.  Numbers of people at each hub are available on the ASA ASM website.

1^st Prize:   $500

2^nd Prize:  $200

3^rd Prize:  $100

To be awarded as gift vouchers. (Prize amounts are totals: the amount awarded will be identical regardless of whether a single- or multiple-person entry wins). 

Eligibility: Enrolled student/s attending the meeting.

Submission date: Midnight, Sunday 11 July AEST.

Send entries to: kdorrell@unimelb.edu.au

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Challenge 2: Best Student Poster Submission

Can be either a video or a PDF.  As voted by the meeting attendees.

1^st Prize:   $500

2^nd Prize:  $200

3^rd Prize:  $100

To be awarded as gift vouchers. (Prize amounts are totals: the amount awarded will be identical regardless of whether a single- or multiple-person entry wins). 

Eligibility: Enrolled student/s attending the meeting.

Submission date: Midnight, Monday 5 July AEST.

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Challenge 3: Best Student Talk

As judged by members of the SOC.

1^st Prize:   $500

2^nd Prize:  $200

3^rd Prize:  $100

To be awarded as gift vouchers. (Prize amounts are totals: the amount awarded will be identical regardless of whether a single- or multiple-person entry wins).

Eligibility: Enrolled student/s attending the meeting.

Submission date: Midnight, Sunday 11 July AEST.

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Challenge 4: First question asked by a student in each session (25 sessions in all).

$25 Gift Voucher

Eligibility: Enrolled student/s attending the meeting.

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