Call for Proposals: Connect – Summer Youth Programming Competition

Connected learning opportunities raise the challenge of digital citizenship:
to use the web and its resources well and safely;
to interact collaboratively with peers and across generations in productive ways;
to put web resources and networks to good civic purpose;
to advocate for effective and equitable web solutions to social problems; and
to develop web-based skills for productive purposes.

The Digital Media and Learning Competition, administered by HASTAC and supported by the MacArthur Foundation, and in collaboration with the Born This Way Foundation and Mozilla, is calling for proposals that offer youth a chance to “Project:Connect” this summer. The Project:Connect-Summer Youth Programming Competition for U.S. based organizations that support learning, youth development and civic engagement calls for Summer event and programming proposals to excite and enable youth to engage the web in civil, collaborative, productive, safe, and confidence-building ways.

A related Open International Competition focused on Project:Connect will be announced on May 28, 2013.

Check dmlcompetition.net for further details on May 28.

Deadline: Online applications are due June 10, 2013, at 5pm PST. How to apply.
Timeline: Project:Connect-Youth Summer Programs will be held July-September, 2013. Full timeline.
Awards: Up to $10,000 per institution (winners to be announced in early July)