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The Conrad Foundation

Present:

The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award

The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award is:

– The world’s premier student prize for innovative design,

– The American Idol of aerospace,

– A bridge between education and industry,

– The premier educational tool for interesting students in STEM,

– Incentivized Education.

And now, a drive-by-fruiting of the Award:

– Two challenge opportunities:

“Assume you can go to space. Create an innovative concept and business plan for personal spaceflight”

“Assume you can go to the Moon. Create an entrepreneurial enterprise for lunar exploration.”

– Business + Technical submissions

– Final Competition at X PRIZE Cup• Presentations of student concept

• Full program of activities at finalist event,

• Opportunities to connect directly to entrepreneurs,

• Judged by: business leaders, industry experts, and the public.

Last year’s finalists created:

And more…

The Finalist Program:

– Held at the X PRIZE Cup,

– 10 finalist teams selected in 2007.

– Public “tradeshow” style display of concepts

– Present to a panel of experts and the public

– Special presentations from astronauts and entrepreneurs.

– Workshops & Activities to assist further concept development.

– 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards given at end of event.

But it doesn’t end there…

The benefits of competing continue far after the final competition is won…

The Bennies…

– $20K in prize money available,

– A trip to the X PRIZE Cup for all finalists,

– Special opportunities to connect directly to the great scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs of our time,

– Conrad Award Scroll to space,

– Promotion at 12 Conrad Award events across the country,

– Access to unique resources to help take finalist ideas to reality.

Partners of the Conrad Award:

– The X PRIZE Foundation: Finalist event host.

– NASA IPP: partial sponsor of prize money,

– NASA Education Department

– Display Partners• National Academies of Science

• California Science Center

• Chabot Center

• NASA Headquarters

– other partners are in early stage development.

Space Grant Connection:

being a Conrad Finalist supporter

Goal 1: to ensure that all interested students in each state know about this opportunity.

Goal 2: to send at least 1 student team per state to the Conrad Award final program each year.

Goal 3: to grow the finalist program’s activites, workshops, and resources for students through connections to new partners.

We seek your partnership to support at least 1 finalist team from your state.

~$2500 per team per year.

Contact:Joshua Neubert617-970-6650joshua@xprize.org