Contest Submission Process

Submission Requirements and Due Dates:

Presentation/Slide Deck Due on or before your Mentoring Session (individual sessions tbd), and your unofficial transcripts due AT your Mentoring Session:

  • Presentation/slide deck of the app submitted via email to appcontest@unm.edu due on or before the mentoring session. Final edits are allowed following feedback from mentoring session and prior to the Presentation Day.

IMPORTANT:  You must bring an unofficial transcript for each team member to the mandatory mentoring session.  Do NOT email these transcripts!!

All final materials described below dueby the submission deadline of 11:59 PM on Friday, November 8th, 2024 via an email to appcontest@unm.edu with the subject line of:  App Contest Submission – <Team or App Name>

  • A text document with the application title, brief description of the app, names of team members, contact information for each team member, short bio on each team member and the documents/link requested in the technical score rubric (hyperlink to the tech score box).
  • A ‘splash’ screenshot or promotional screenshot of the application. (These are required so that we may copy/paste into presentation scorecard documents used in Presentation Day for the benefit of the judges).

Finalist Selection

We will pick up to 10 finalists out of the submissions entered. There are currently many teams interested in competing. The first cut will be made on the technical score.

Finalist Notification

The finalists will be notified with an invitation to select a general Presentation Day/Awards Ceremony session time slot (Please see Pitch Sessions below). Teams not selected as finalists will be notified as well.

Presentation Mentoring

The finalists will be required to attend mentoring sessions (it is optional for your mentor to attend as well, but their attendance is encouraged) prior to the Presentation Day/Awards Ceremony. You will have the opportunity to edit and polish your presentation prior to the Presentation Day/Awards Ceremony.

 

Your Presentation

Allot 1-2 Minutes:

  • Introduce your team briefly (name, institution, year, area of study)
  • Introduce your app, its functionality, and problem space it addresses
  • Describe your app's technology
  • Please make sure the pace of your presentation is appropriate for an audience unfamiliar with your app. In other words, go slowly enough so that judges can evaluate all of the functionality you are demonstrating. We can help you with this if you ask!

Allot Remaining Time should be dedicated to your Pitch (bring the ‘wow’ factor that the judges will love!):

  • NOTE: You can choose to use any method your team feels is effective to demonstrate your app as part of your presentation! Slide presentations, pre-recorded videos narrated by your team, interactive wireframe demonstrations are but a few ways. Any questions, email appcontest@unm.edu.

We recommend you thoroughly practice your presentation with a faculty, mentor, colleagues, or family member(s) who can provide feedback.

Winners

Winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony following a brief Judge's deliberation after the last presentation.

Need Help

If you have questions or technical challenges. Please contact appcontest@unm.edu by email and your question can be answered, clarified or forwarded to a subject matter expert for follow up.