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Rise to the 2005 IBM North America Grid Scholars Challenge
Register today to enter the 1st challenge for grid technology, a new contest for college and university students this year. Students can participate by creating an innovative grid open standards architecture proposal, evaluating an existing grid standard or making a prototype implementation or improvement to an open source grid implementation for services, middleware components, or application development.

What is the Challenge?
The 2005 Grid Scholars Challenge is a contest for university students in the United States and Canada. The objectives of the contest are to:
  >  Promote interest in grids and open source implementation
  >  Foster involvement and understanding of grid computing in university computer science
  >  Advance technology in grid architecture and standards

Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 entries as judged by experts in grid technology. These students each will receive an IBM ThinkPadŽ T-Series and the university with the single 1st place entry achieving the highest score will be awarded an IBM eServer Cluster 1350.

Where do I start?
To enter the 2005 IBM North America Grid Scholars Challenge, read the rules, register for the contest, then choose a challenge. Once you've completed your challenge, please submit your essay to our panel of judges.


 
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