Recognition and Prizes
- Student participants who submit a viable solution paper will receive a certificate. Press releases will be prepared and distributed to appropriate media. It is possible that video will be taken of presentations and posted to the M3 Challenge website. Some of the top solution papers may be deserving of publication.
- Coaches and teams will be notified in April 2008 of the results of the M3 Challenge. Teams selected for the top six prizes are required to present their papers to a panel of judges. An awards ceremony will follow the presentation. News releases will provide recognition for winning teams and coaches.
- Prizes: Teams that are judged to have submitted the best solution papers will receive special recognition in the form of tuition scholarships for college education. Each scholarship will be shared equally among the members of a team and will be paid directly to the undergraduate school at which winning students ultimately enroll. Scholarship awards may be used as tuition or placed in school sanctioned (flexible) spending accounts that are administered by the institution and used for educational materials.
- Summa Cum Laude Team Prize = $20,000
- Magna Cum Laude Team Prize = $15,000
- Cum Laude Team Prize = $10,000
- Meritorious Team Prize = $7,500
- Exemplary Team Prize = $5,000
- First Honorable Mention Team Prize = $2,500
- Honorable Mention = $1,000 (Judges may award up to five Honorable Mention prizes)
