University and college students have a chance to explore the world of research and data with the launch of the ‘Campus Data Challenge’. Sponsored by Capital Campus and mSurvey, the challenge will see students compete against each other in coming up with innovative and interesting research findings using the m-Survey Do-it-yourself mobile research tool.
Students can register for the competition in teams of between (2-5 members) with the ultimate winning team getting a cash prize of Sh20,000 with the runners-up getting a lesser amount.
Data science and analysis is currently the hottest career globally, with data analysts sought by corporations and the public sector. Data scientists in Kenya will continue to be in demand as the country moves towards a knowledge economy in the attainment of Vision 2013.
The data challenge will bring out the creative and analytical ideas of young people using scientific research. The challenge will bring young minds together to collect, visualize, and provide data on 7 themes:
- Public Health
- Education
- Public Transport
- Technology
- Entertainment/Music
- Entrepreneurship
- Lifestyle
The data challenge will have two phases: In round one, teams will submit brief research proposals of not more than 200 words. Based on how interesting your research proposal is, your team will proceed to round two where you and your team will conduct the research and display the results in a creative way. Winners will be picked based on depth of research, insightful findings and creative display of the results (visualizations).
Register and get more details here Campus Data Challenge
Afi Silas-Bossan
June 21, 2013 at 9:46 am
But isn’t 20,000 grand prize a bit small for an incentive?
Abe
June 21, 2013 at 4:06 pm
Very motivating. Here are free resources they can use to help in the competition: http://kenyaschoolreport.com/resources/students
mark
June 26, 2013 at 9:05 am
how many people will win… because it can just be a trick of collecting our innovativeness to benefit a few…. it has happened to us students several times
Capital Campus
June 26, 2013 at 12:58 pm
There will be three top winners but the challenge is not an innovation challenge. Top 5 winners will have their works published on Capital Campus with credits, exposing your scientific findings to thousands. Think of the opportunity.