The purpose of this competition is to stimulate interest by college students in national security-related innovations and expose novel technologies to a broad audience including industry, academic, and government organizations involved in aerospace, defense, security, and first responder activities. Unlike traditional business plan competitions, the goal is not for students to demonstrate how they will exploit the opportunity. Instead, students should apply critical analytical skills to determine why a new technology has the potential to meet an identifiable national security need. At least one student member of the team must have been actively involved in the development of the technology being presented. The technology must not currently be licensed to any business.

The detailed Guidelines for NSIC 2010 are available online. The schedule for NSIC 2010 is:

A NSIC Application to Compete will be submitted electronically by February 12, 2010
The team’s Preliminary Round Written Submission is due by March 3, 2010. Finalists will be notified by March 31, 2010.
The Final Round of competition will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 7, 2010.

Any questions can be directed to the competition director at NSIC@ColoradoHDA.org or by calling 719-685-7877 x119.

Faculty advisors and administrators are encouraged to post a student announcement in appropriate areas.

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