{"id":15878,"date":"2018-04-18T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15878"},"modified":"2018-04-18T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:28:52","slug":"the-breakthrough-junior-challenge-offers-250000-prize-for-a-student-with-a-great-science-or-math-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15878","title":{"rendered":"The Breakthrough Junior Challenge offers $250,000 prize for a student with a great science or math idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Breakthrough Junior Challenge<\/a>\u00a0is<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on the student\u2019s ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in engaging, illuminating, and imaginative ways. The Challenge is organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakthroughprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breakthrough Prize Foundation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If your video is selected as the winner, you will receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org\/prize\" target=\"_d\">$250,000 college scholarship<\/a>, $50,000\u00a0prize for your teacher, and $100,000 for your school&#8217;s laboratory facilities. In addition,\u00a0a get a free trip for you and a parent or guardian to receive your award at the live televised\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3GJzpsMZrdg&amp;list=PLyF3OMOiy3nGIlEZhkY9Cqw3CK8o6hP1p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breakthrough Prize Ceremony<\/a>\u00a0in November of 2018 (date to be announced).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about the competition:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25l5jYLHPk0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The competition began on\u00a0April 1, 2018 and will end on July 1, 2018 at 11:59 pm PDT.\u00a0This video describes the registration process:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AKLjbSmh4M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Breakthrough Junior Challenge website<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org\/faq\" target=\"_d\">FAQ<\/a>\u00a0for further details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Breakthrough Junior Challenge\u00a0is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Breakthrough Junior Challenge offers $250,000 prize for a student with a great science or math idea<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-education","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-486","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12188,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12188","url_meta":{"origin":15878,"position":0},"title":"Video: &#8220;Life in the Universe &#8211; The Breakthrough Initiatives&#8221; &#8211; Pete Worden","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last summer billionaire Yuri Milner announced he would fund\u00a0a\u00a0$100M initiative for the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. 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