ELIGIBILITY:

Students who wish to participate should be in their senior year and should be enrolled in any academic Institution in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Students should have a faculty member as their supervisor.

Students should be a non-governmental employees and full-time university students.

Authenticity of the information provided by the students should be validated by the head of his/her department or his/her faculty advisor.

Students should be listed only in one project.

All communication between Dell Technologies and the project team will be done through the project academic advisor and the designated team leader.

Each competing team should consist of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 members. One of the team members should be selected as a team leader with the following responsibilities.

The competition consists of 3 phases:

Project Abstract Submission:
Submission window: 1^st of November – 30^th of November 2024
Announcement of Shortlisted Projects: 25^th of January 2025

Project Interim Design Layout Submission:
Submission: 10^th of March 2025
Announcement of The Top 20 Finalists: Mar 30^th of March 2025 that will be offered a technical mentorship from Dell Technologies.

Final Project Submission:
Submission: 5^th of August 2025
The Winners Announcement – 1st of September 2025

BENEFIT:

Winners of the competition will receive cash prizes as below:

First place will receive a cash prize of $5,000

Second place will receive a cash prize of $4,000

Third place winner will receive a cash prize of $3,000

All the Top 10 team members will get recognition certificates for their achievement.

A mentoring opportunity by Dell Experts for our finalists projects (who will pass the interim phase to the final one)

A formal award ceremony will be organized at one of the major Dell Technologies events in the region. All the members of the winning team and their academic advisor(s) will be invited to attend the ceremony along with senior officials from their university/college.