Students are invited to participate in a competition to help Save St. Maarten’s Coral Reefs for cash prizes! Submission Date Extended to Januray 31st, 2021
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The Nature Foundation in collaboration with the IHE Delft Institute of Water Education is hosting a coral competition for local students of St. Maarten!
Competition Info:
Interested students may submit ideas on how to help protect the reefs that surround SXM. These can be submitted in the form of a presentation, video, essay, work of art, or any other media that best describes the student’s plans.
These plans must:
1- Be executable with 4000 Euros or less
2- Be creative ways to solve the threats corals are facing on St. Maarten
3- The Nature Foundation, St. Maarten must be able to execute these projects.
4- The proposal must be submitted to the Nature Foundation by no later than January 31st, 2021.
The submissions will be split into two age groups: 11-14 years old and 15-19 years old. Five winning ideas will be selected from both age groups.
Student Requirements:
- Students must be between 11-19 years old to participate
- Students may submit ideas as individuals or as groups
- Each student may only submit one proposal
- All participants must live on the Dutch side of St. Maarten
Available Prizes:
The winning proposal will be implemented by the Nature Foundation, St. Maarten.
The top 5 submissions from each age group will also win a cash prize!
Place | Ages 11-14 Years Old | Place | Ages 15-19 Years Old |
First | 350 Euros | First | 350 Euros |
Second | 200 Euros | Second | 200 Euros |
Third | 100 Euros | Third | 100 Euros |
Fourth | 50 Euros | Fourth | 50 Euros |
Fifth | 50 Euros | Fifth | 50 Euros |

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