2020 Schedule
Students who wish to participate should follow these steps:
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Preliminary Round |
Entry deadline October 8, 2020 |
Submit this online preliminary round application form by October 8, 2020. You will need to have the endorsement form filled out by your instructor and the Parent/Guardian consent Form filled out by your parent or legal guardian (if you are less than 18 years old), and have a video completed before you can submit the application. Please visit Video Guidelines under the Preliminary Round section for video instructions. |
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Notification of the result October 12, 2020 |
The Contest Committee will notify the contestants whose applications will move to the Semi-final Round via email. They will be provided with the semi-final round application form. The names will be announced on our website once they complete the semi-final round application. |
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Semi-final Round |
Deadline of the required materials October 15, 2020 |
Semifinalists must submit the semifinal round application form (the link to be emailed with the preliminary round result notification) including a 1 minute video describing in Japanese what they plan to present should they be selected as finalists. |
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Notification of the result October, 19, 2020 |
The Contest Committee will notify each semifinalist as to who will move onto the Final Round. The names will be announced on our website. |
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Final Round |
Deadline of the required materials November 6, 2020 |
By November 6, 2020, finalists must submit via the Google form link to be provided (1) their short abstract in English (150 words) and (2) a PowerPoint (or equivalent) presentation to accompany their talk. |
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Competition day November 14, 2020 |
The Final Round will be held on Zoom and will be live streamed on YouTube. |
