Awards:
Prizes will be distributed as follows; all prizes are in USD:
Round One: All teams that make it to the semi-finals in each category in each region will be awarded Android devices.
Round One: In order to encourage participation from women and highlight innovations from women in the developing markets, we are adding an additional prize. If a Semi-Finalist happens to be an individual or a team consisting solely of women, that team will be awarded an additional prize of $2000 USD.
Round One: Any university team made up entirely of student or staff of a university (identified by the university domain email address) that makes it to the semi-finals will get $1,000.
Semi-Finals: 1st prize in each category in each region will receive $20,000. This means that there will be a total of 12 grand prize winners
Semi-Finals: If any team from a university wins the competition in any of the categories, the department to which the members of the team belong will win $18,000.
At most 6 mentors (one from each region) will win an all expense paid trip to a major developer conference anywhere in the world to the tune of $5,000.