4-Minute Doctoral Research Impact Competition
Make a 4-Minute Pitch on your Doctoral Research Impact
Win the Top Prize: $500 &
Travel funds to attend the next ASC Conference
2025 Competition Timeline
- Registration: May 1-31, 2025
- Mandatory Webinar: June 10, 2025, 11 AM US/EDT
- 90-Sec Qualification Videos Due: June 27, 2025, 11:59 PM US/EDT
- Invitations to Compete: July 14, 2025
- Final Competition (Virtual): August 13, 2025, 11 AM US/EDT
Eligibility to Compete
- ASC Student member as of May 31, 2025. (Join now)
- Register to compete before May 31, 2025 (Registration Form)
- Enrolled in a Ph.D. Program and completed a minimum of two years at the time of registration per unofficial transcript.
- Must attend the June 10, 2025 webinar.
- Submit a qualification video (90 seconds) by June 27, 2025.
- If your video qualifies, you will be invited to make a 4-minute pitch at the Competition on August 13, 2025.
- All events will be online/virtual.
Webinar Presenters & Judges
- Joan Fuller - Former Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- John Michopoulos - Principal Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory
- Mick Maher - Former DARPA Program Manager
Questions?
Contact Prof. Ozden Ochoa / Prof. Kishore Pochiraju
(asc dot competitions at gmail dot com)
