SHARE Academic Award for Excellence

We are proud to announce the SHARE Academic Award for Excellence. Now in its third year, this award is a direct result of the importance in recognizing the next generation of enterprise technology professionals. The goals of this award:

• To create awareness of SHARE among the academic community and the next generation of enterprise IT professionals

• To showcase and reward academic work that SHARE acknowledges as relevant to the future of enterprise computing

This award will be presented at SHARE's 2012 summer conference in Anaheim, California, August 5-10, 2012.

 ENTER YOR SUBMISSION - Deadline is Friday, May 25, 2012.

Award Criteria and Requirements

Award Levels and Prizes

Judging Process

Rules, Regulations & Eligibility

Award Criteria and Requirements
The award is applicable to students and recent graduates enrolled full-time in high school, undergraduate or graduate university program focused on Information Systems, Enterprise Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related concentration.

TOPIC: Students should submit an academic-related enterprise information system project that could add value to an organization’s overall IT goals and mission. Example projects might include improving a process, increasing performance, improving productivity, or developing a new tool or application. Visit the SHARE web site to preview award winners from 2010 and 2011. 

Submissions must include:

• Proof of student status or graduation within the last 12 months
• Project abstract
• Project write-up
• Presentation: to be presented at the 2012 SHARE summer conference if selected as Grand Prize Winner
• Optional: supplementary materials to demonstrate creativity (videos, photos, etc.)

Award Levels and Prizes
SHARE will offer three prize levels - Grand Prize, 1st Runner Up, and 2nd Runner Up. The Grand Prize winner will be recognized at the 2012 SHARE summer conference in Anaheim, CA. If the Grand Prize winner is not available to attend, the 1st Runner Up has the opportunity to attend.

 Grand Prize

• $500 gift certificate to Amazon.com
• 1 expense paid trip to 2012 SHARE summer conference (including airfare, lodging and meals; winner to present to SHARE attendees)
• Submission featured on SHARE.org a minimum of 6 months
• Access to SHARE Online from 2012 summer conference recorded content for 6 months

First Runner Up

• $375 gift certificate to Amazon.com
• Submission featured on SHARE.org a minimum of 6 months
• Access to SHARE Online from 2012 summer conference recorded content for 6 months

Second Runner Up

• $250 gift certificate to Amazon.com
• Submission featured on SHARE.org a minimum of 6 months
• Access to SHARE Online from 2012 summer conference recorded content for 6 months

Judging Process

Entries will be awarded based on submission fulfillment, award criteria and requirements. Upon successful receipt of the Call for Entries Form and Supporting Documents, applicants will receive a confirmation email. Entries will be reviewed by the SHARE Academic Award Committee. This expert panel was chosen with extreme care to ensure a wide representation of experience; and includes representatives from the SHARE Board of Directors, IBM, and CA Technologies.

 Rules, Regulations and Eligibility

• Must be at least 18 years of age by the submission deadline
• Must have less than 2 years of professional IT experience 
• Must be a current student or a recent graduate (within the last 12 months) from an accredited institution in North America
• Only one submission per student will be accepted
• Multiple individuals may contribute to a single project submission. Their participation should be noted in the submission. However, only the person submitting the entry will be eligible for prizes if the submission is selected.

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Zader by phone at 1.312.321.5160 or kzader@share.org.

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