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Award type:
Scholarships, Research specific awards

Award description:
The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI GRADflix awards, valued between $500 to $2,000, will be awarded twice each year to select graduate students who presented their research in the field of artificial intelligence in the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI GRADflix competition. Selection of the first, second, third and fourth place winners will be made by an adjudication panel consisting of four representatives from À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI Industry Partners. The people’s choice winner will be selected by the audience. Winners will be selected based on a combination of communication, creativity and visual impact and technical quality.

Value description:

The five awards will be:

• One 1st place: $2,000
• One 2nd place: $1,250
• One 3rd place: $750 
• One 4th place: $500
• One people's choice: $500

Eligibility & selection criteria: 

• Domestic and international graduate students registered full-time in a master's or doctoral program who are presenting their research, in the field of artificial intelligence, in the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI GRADflix competition. Students who completed their degree but have not yet convocated, are eligible to participate.
• Award can be held in addition to minimum funding and in conjunction with other major awards.
• The video submission should not infringe upon or violate any laws or any third-party rights, including, but not limited to, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and must not constitute material that would be considered libeling, defamatory, a privacy violation, tortious or a contract breach.
• Selection of the first, second, third and fourth place winners will be made by an adjudication panel consisting of four representatives from À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI Industry Partners. The people’s choice winner will be selected by the audience. Winners will be selected based on the following criteria:
  • 50% communication
  • 30% creativity and visual impact
  • 20% technical quality
• Previous finalists who did not win the first-place award are eligible to compete again if the video submission is materially different, as determined by the Managing Director, from that of their previous submission.
• The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI GRADflix will be hosted semi-annually, July and January.
• Award will be distributed as a one-time payment and applied to the student’s account in Quest.
• Recipients are only eligible to receive the award once over the course of their program.

Level:
Masters, Doctoral

Program:
Open to any program

Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student

Selection process:
Student selected automatically by Faculty/Department

Additional instructions:
Students must be willing to allow their video to be made public and provide a photo and short biography if selected as a finalist. Their photo and biography will also be made public.

Contact person:

• For further information about this award please contact the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ AI Institute.