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March 2, 2015 - 11:00 EST : Click here to watch the recording of
the webinarMarch 5, 2015 - 21:00 EST : Click here to watch the
recording of the webinar
The presentation used in both webinars can be downloaded
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Books are essential to early grade reading instruction.Despite
decades of government and donor funding of books for low income
countries, many early-grade classrooms have insufficienttextbooks
and supplemental reading materials to meet the needs of
students.Textbooks and materials can go astray at any stage in the
delivery process--from the point-of-entry for imported textbooks,
to centralwarehouses for nationally produced materials, to
transportation across difficult and sometimes insecure routes or
even during finaldistribution to regional offices and
classrooms.Experience in developing countries[1] suggests that when
parents, teachers, and other local stakeholders know what books are
to bedelivered and when, they will advocate for on-time delivery.
But they rarely have this information and even when they do, they
are not ableto track books while in transit.Government and donor
agency officials may discover that materials have not arrived at
schools, but without the availability of trackinginformation, they
do not know where they were lost in transit.
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expertise and experience of the Solver. There is a prize pot of
a least $20,000 for this phase. Entrants successful in Phase 1 will
be invitedto refine and/or develop their innovation and work with
the ACR GCD partners to pilot it in Phases 2 and 3, with a further
prize of $100,000awarded at the completion of Phase 3. Solvers are
not required to have a prototype or product already in place at
Phase 1. Additionally, duringPhase 1, solvers are not required to
have the expertise, experience or partnerships to implement and/or
pilot the innovation. Solvers are onlyrequired to identify the
types of partners required to implement and/or pilot it. See the
Phases and Prizes section below for details.
The ACR GCD partners are open to considering existing
technologies, new technologies, or a combinations of both. An area
of particular interestto the partners is the application of
technologies and processes used in logistic and supply chain
sectors.
A list of FAQs for the Challenge can be found here (updated
02/19/2015).
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SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS
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JUDGING CRITERIA
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FURTHER RESOURCES
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The Prize Competition has three phases. Information regarding
Phases 2 and 3 will be released following the completion of Phase
1.
Phase 1: Written Proposal
This first phase requires a written description of the proposed
innovation and the expertise and experience of theSolver. Solvers
are not required to have the expertise, experience or partnerships
to implement and/or pilot the innovation. Solvers areonly required
to identify the types of partners required to implement and/or
pilot it. There is a guaranteed total payout of at least $20,000,
with no single prize being less than $10,000. It is possible that
more than$20,000 will be given out and therefore that more than two
entrants will proceed to Phase 2.Submissions will be evaluated by a
team of expert reviewers, using the Judging Criteria below as
guidance.Solvers may be required to provide additional information
on their submission to the expert reviewers after the deadline.By
submitting, you are providing ACR GCD with a non-exclusive license
to use any information contained in your submission(excluding
personal identifying information), irrespective of whether your
submission receives an award. Notwithstanding this license,the
Solver will retain ownership of any innovation. Please see the
Terms and Conditions for further information.
Phase 2: Development and Demonstration of the Innovation
Following Phase 1, the highest rated submission(s) will be given
approximately three months to develop (if not alreadydeveloped) or
adapt their innovations to a level where they are able to be
demonstrated to the ACR GCD partners. The length ofdevelopment
period will be finalized following review of the proposals and
discussion with the finalist(s).The demonstration will be conducted
virtually through a web conference. If a web conference is not
possible or sufficient, alternate means ofdemonstration will be
considered.The demonstration format should be similar to one at an
industry conference exhibition booth and can include video, a
simulation, and/ordemonstration of equipment. It does not need to
be a demonstration of the innovation actually tracking and tracing
a book, but thedemonstration should provide an experience that
allows the partners to understand how the innovation would work in
a low-income country setting.At the end of Phase 2, the ACR GCD
partners will determine which innovations hold sufficient promise
to justify field testing.
Phase 3: Field Test
Phase 3 will be a field test of the Phase 2 finalist(s)
innovations. The highest scoring innovation in this phase will
receive a prize of $100,000, unless no submission meets the
necessary criteria.The evaluation report will be made public.
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Phase 1 January 23, 2015 Launch
March 2015 Two Q&A Webinars for interested applicants
April 1, 2015 Deadline for entries
May 29, 2015 Phase 1 selection
Phase 2 Summer 2015* Solution development
Fall 2015* Demonstration and Phase 2 selection
Winter 2015/16* Pilot testing
* These dates are approximate only. The length of the Solution
Development period prior to Demonstrations is likely to last
approximately 3 monthsbut will be finalized following review of the
proposals and discussion with the finalist(s).
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For questions related to this Competition, please email
[email protected].
Deadline: April 1, 2015
