[GAMBIT-UROPS-summon] FAST STUDENT AWARDS: up to $5, 000 per project created for FAST Festival of Art, Science and Technology/Deadline December 10

[Richard Eberhardt]

You all might be interested in this (I just found out about it today):

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FAST Student Awards

Deadline: December 10, 2010
Award: Up to $5,000 per project created for the FAST Festival of Art, Science and Technology
Project sites: MIT campus Spring 2011
Eligibility: MIT undergraduate and graduate students
**Please direct any questions to fastproducers at mit.edu<mailto:fastproducers at mit.edu>.

ABOUT the MIT150 FAST Festival of Art, Science and Technology:
A prominent feature of the MIT150 anniversary events will be FAST, a festival celebrating MIT’s unique confluence of art, science, and technology. Produced by a steering committee headed by Tod Machover, Professor of Music and Media, FAST will present an exciting and surprising variety of work, embracing past to future, performance to debate, and installations to the unclassifiable. FAST will appear throughout the MIT campus and extend over the entire Spring 2011 semester, punctuated by five special Festival weekends.

For more FAST information, please visit: http://mit150.mit.edu/arts-festival

PROJECTS:
The FAST Steering Committee is calling on students to create projects to be installed and presented throughout campus in Spring 2011, culminating on the evening of May 6 for the final Festival weekend. The theme of the event on May 6 is “light,” specifically, the kinetic illumination of MIT. Therefore, projects involving structures, performance, sound, music, movement, installation and more that incorporate light are highly encouraged. Applicants should also feel free to design projects that utilize MIT's lighting infrastructure in dynamic, energy efficient and scalable ways. The FAST Steering Committee will work with award winners to site projects and produce the work during IAP and throughout the semester.

Requirements:

 *   Projects must be sited on MIT’s campus
 *   Installation projects must be able to withstand an installation period of at least 1-week
 *   Projects must meet the Safety Office’s guidelines<http://ehs.mit.edu/site/content/projectsexhibits-public-spaces> and are subject to its safety approval process.
 *   Award winners MUST be available to work with FAST during IAP to site and develop their projects

ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to any registered MIT student or team of students who are enrolled during the academic year of 2010/11.  Cross-disciplinary teams of students are especially welcome.

JURY
The FAST Student Awards will be juried by members of the MIT faculty and the FAST Steering Committee, led by Professor Tod Machover, Associate Professor Meejin Yoon, and Director of Arts Initiatives Leila Kinney.

APPLICATIONS
Project proposals must be submitted as a PDF to fastproducers at mit.edu<mailto:fastproducers at mit.edu> by December 10, 2010 and must include the following:

 *   Cover Sheet (see details below)
 *   Minimum 150-word description
 *   Desired project site
 *   Production plan
 *   Budget
 *   Any requirements for technical support
 *   Highly recommended: Supporting demonstrative materials such as visualizations, video demos, etc. that provide the most accurate depiction of the proposed project.

Cover Sheet Information:
Title of Project:
Name:
Department:
Student ID:
Contact email and phone:
Undergraduate (major and year of graduation) or Graduate Student (degree and program):
Additional team members:

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