Rules of the BD STEM STARS COMPETITION 2022
These Terms and Conditions are known as the ‘Rules’. The Rules apply to BD school’s competition—STEM Stars, and by entering the competition you agree to be bound by the Rules.
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The BD school’s competition—STEM Stars, is open to secondary school teachers and students (under the age of 19) who are attending school in counties Limerick Clare and Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland and who are residents of these counties.
- One entry per school allowed.
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Entries can be from individual students or groups. The maximum group size is 10 students.
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The competition is not open to employees and their families of BD, their agents or anyone professionally associated with the competition.
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The winning entry will receive €10,000 in STEM funding for their school with 2nd place receiving €6,000 and 3rd place receiving €4,000. The prize fund cannot be exchanged.
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Registration is by email at STEMStars@bd.com and the closing date is November 19th, 2021. Finalized submissions should be uploaded by February 18th, 2022 using the link, username, and password supplied after registration.
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The prize is subject to availability and in the event of circumstances outside of its control, we reserve the right to substitute similar or alternative prizes of equal or greater value.
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All entries will be submitted for review by the judging panel. The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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Entries that are incomplete or those that are not in accordance with all the entry instructions will be invalid.
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BD reserve the right to disqualify an entrant if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Rules have been compromised.
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All submitted entries should be original work and previous STEM-Stars competition topics should not be repeated.
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By entering this competition, you agree that BD and/or their agents reserve the right to use your entry for any promotional purpose. You confirm that your entry is an original work that you own. The winner will also be required to take part in publicity resulting from this competition.
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BD reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice.
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No purchase necessary.
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Entries to the competition should be made in video format (max. 5 minutes) with a separate project diary outlining the problem, proposed solution, experimental methods, results and reference materials.
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