Samsung Real Dreams Award (SRDA) Program

1. Samsung Real Dreams Award (SRDA) Program

2. Outline • Part 1 : • Samsung Real Dreams Award (SRDA) Program • Samsung Real Dreams Partners • Who can Apply & How to Apply ? • Part 2: • How to Write the SRDA Application • Tips for Preparing SRDA Application • SRDA Evaluation Criteria • Part 3: • Q &A

3. Samsung Real Dreams Award Program (SRDA) • National competition offering grant awards based on YOUR innovative prototypes. • Projects should offer solutions to real-world challenges facing the Egyptian industry. • The competition has two phases: • 15 projects will be selectedto participate in the competition. • 15 selected projects will compete in the SRDA final ceremony where an evaluation committee will select the top 5 winners. The top 5 winning projects will be awarded EGP 10,000 each.

4. Samsung Real Dreams Award Program (SRDA)Partners • SRDA is collaboration between Samsung, The International Youth Foundation (IYF), and Nahdet El Mahrousa’s incubated project the Young Innovators’ Awards (YIA) Program. • Samsung • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies • Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries • The International Youth Foundation (IYF) • Invests in the extraordinary potential of young people • IYF maintain a worldwide community of business, governments, and civil society organizations • Committed to empowering youth to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens • IYF programs help young people obtain a quality education, gain employability skills, make healthy choices, and improve their communities

5. Samsung Real Dreams Award Program (SRDA)Partners • Nahdet El Mahrousa • Egyptian youth-led non-governmental organization (NGO) • Engaging young Egyptian professionals in developing their country and shaping its future • المساهمة الإيجابية فى تنمية مصر من خلال تفعيل دور الشباب المصرى فى عملية التنمية و تشجيعه على المشاركة فى • صنع مستقبل مصر • Young Innovators Award (YIA) • An Incubated NM Project • Enhancing the culture of R&D • National annual competition in all 56 Engineering/Agriculture/Science Faculties • Offering scholarships and internships nationally

6. Who can apply & How to Apply ? • SRDA Competition is open to all Egyptians under 35 years of age; you can apply as an individual or as a team How To Apply? • Step 1: Download SRDA Application www.nahdetmasr.org/yia/syia • In case of any technical difficulties, please contact SRDA Program coordinators at syia@nahdetmasr.org

7. Who can apply & How to Apply ? (cont.) • Step 2: Check SRDA application guidelines • You can submit more than one project • Project should be recommended by a reference person • Submitted using SRDA Application Form • Submissions must be in English • Typed using an Arial font (size 11) • Should not exceed 10 pages • Pages should be numbered • Project title should be kept as brief as possible • Must be in MSWord or PDF format only

8. Who can apply & How to Apply ? (cont.) • Step 3: Submit Application • Ensure that all parts of the Application Form are complete and signed prior to submission • Make sure the title of your email and your attached document title include the project name • All proposals must be submitted to syia@nahdetmasr.org • All applications must be sent no later than Tuesday July 7th 2009 by 12 am.

9. Part 2 : • How to Write SRDA Application?

10. Tips For Preparing SRDA Application • The following suggestions will help you in preparing your application: • Plan logically • Be precise and clear • Define acronyms before using them • Use tables and charts rather than lengthy word descriptions • Keep sentences short, not more than 30 words in length • A sentence should contain one idea or two related ideas • A paragraph should contain a series of related ideas • It is up to you to convince the evaluation committee that your project deserves to be funded • Describe your project in a comprehensible and understandable manner • After writing your application, ask a colleague/teammate to proof read it for clarity • Spelling and grammatical errors negatively affect how your application is evaluated • Avoid using fancy font colors in your application • Keep it simple

11. SRDA Application

12. SRDA Evaluation Criteria 1) Scientific Value (Innovation) (Max 25%) • Clear and defined scientific approach to the addressed problem? • Innovative scientific approach in tackling the addressed problem? 2) Feasibility & Relevance (Max 25%) • Address important challenge(s) facing the Egyptian industry? • Feasible/realistic ambitious objectives, suit the current capabilities of Egypt? 3) Research methodology and Presentation (Max 20%) • Conceived and organized? • Writing style, organization, flow of ideas, references and citation.

13. SRDA Evaluation Criteria (cont.) 4) Literature survey (Max 10%) • Add to the work previously done on the same topic ? • Good literature survey conducted for similar ideas? 5) Team work (Max 10%) • Clearly specify the roles and responsibilities of each team member? • Quality of the team and skills offered by each of its members ? • Number of team members seem reasonable? 6) Reasons for Consideration (Max 10%) • Why this project is significant and how the applicant will benefit from SRDA funding.?

14. Part 3 : • Questions & Answers ?

15. Thank you For more information www.nahdetmasr.org/yia/syia For submission & inquires: syia@nahdetmasr.org • Deadline: Tuesday July 7th 2009 by 12 am.