PInCh: Round Three Details
Chosen for Round Three?
You will be notified by e-mail if your project is selected for Round Three. For the third round, you will need to submit a response to reviewers, make appropriate revisions to your project package, and pitch your solution to a panel of judges at the final event.
Submission Requirements
The project package submission for the Round Three (finalists only) should include:
- Response to reviewers (one page)
- Use this page to address concerns or comments from the project reviewers
- Page format:
- 1 inch margins
- minimum 11 point font for text
- Revised Round Two project package (i.e., project description, budget, budget justification).
- This is an opportunity to make edits, updates, and any corrections since the Round 2 submission
- This is not required if there are no changes
- Contingency plan (one page)
- Only three of the finalists will be awarded $100K. Use this page to describe the scope of work and budget plan if awarded $25,000.
- Page format:
- 1 inch margins
- minimum 11 point font for text
Pitch Requirements
Your pitch at the Round Three event must meet the following requirements:
- The pitch must be five minutes or less in length. Following the pitch, you will receive an additional four minutes to answer questions from the judges, for a total of nine minutes.
- We recommend that no more than two team members deliver the pitch. Additional team members may be available to answer questions.
- No PowerPoint slides will be permitted for the pitch.
- Props are allowed and an easel with a flip chart will be provided to support your presentation.
To Submit a Round Three Entry:
- Submit the Project Package by logging into the Powered by PInCh contest management system.
- Upload your one-page response to reviewers and your revised project package (with revisions clearly marked) during the Round Three submission period (see Important Dates for the submission period start and end dates).
- Prepare a five-minute pitch to present at the PInCh final event.
