Guidelines

Competition Guidelines

1. Only students from the participating universities may participate.

  • The competition is open to students from all academic majors.
  • Each participant must submit an original project.
  • Participants are encouraged to develop their submissions using their own creativity and ideas. The use of AI tools should be kept to a minimum. See Terms and Conditions, section 3.
  • Participants must adhere to the registration and submission deadlines.
  • Each project must fall within one of the four designated competition categories. The category should be mentioned in the subject of the email when submitting your projects.
  • The winning projects will be awarded and may be used by NOD Lb for awareness purposes, subject to the students' consent and appropriate acknowledgment.
  • Languages: Students may submit their projects in Arabic, English or French. All projects will be evaluated according to their respective categories, regardless of the language used.

2. Participation Format

  • Students may participate individually or as a team of two or three members, including the team leader.
  • All members of a team must be enrolled at the same participating university.
  • Each team must designate one team leader who will serve as the main contact person with NOD-Lb and the jury.
  • Team members must agree to participate and must be correctly identified in the registration form.
  • Students may participate in more than one competition category. A separate registration must be completed for each category.

3. Judging Panel and Scoring

The jury will comprise NOD Lb representatives, representatives from the participating universities, and relevant experts.

Jury Evaluation Criterion           Points

Creativity and originality                   30

Design and layout                            15

Script and message delivery            20

Language and communication         15

Impact and audience engagement   20

Total                                                  100

4. Award Ceremony

A ceremony will be organized to announce the winners, tentatively in May or October 2027, depending on the availability of the participating universities and NOD Lb.