Foundation / Corporation
C-SPAN
01/20/22 Midnight Pacific Standard Time - Receipt
Opportunity for USA, Canada, and International students in grades six through twelve to participate in a documentary competition. Students create a short documentary video, five to six minutes in length, about federal government policies and programs that impact their lives. Students may enter the competition individually, or work in teams of either two or three members. The entry must be the original work of the student(s). Winners receive cash prizes ranging between $250 and $5,000.
StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect U.S. communities and the nation.
StudentCam 2022 Theme: "How does the federal government impact your life?"
Explore a federal policy or program that has an impact on you or your community. Evaluate the effectiveness of this policy or program by researching multiple perspectives on it.
Grades 6-8 compete in the Middle School category, and grades 9-12 compete in the High School category.
The documentary must include the following five elements:
The documentary may include, but is not required to include:
GrantWatch ID#: 149468
$100,000
150 student prizes and 53 teacher prizes
Grand Prize: 1 award - the best overall entry in either the High School or Middle School category
- Student(s): $5,000 cash prize award
- Teacher/School: $750 cash prize award
1st Prize: 4 awards total - 3 in the High School category (1 x HS West Region, 1 x HS Central Region, 1 x HS East Region), and 1 in the Middle School category.
- Student(s): $3,000 cash prize award per entry
- Teachers/Schools: $500 cash prize award
2nd Prize: 16 awards total - 12 in the High School category (4 x HS West Region, 4 x HS Central Region, 4 x HS East Region), and 4 in the Middle School category.
- Student(s): $1,500 cash prize award per entry
- Teachers/Schools: $250 cash prize award
3rd Prize: 32 awards total - 24 in the High School category (8 x HS West Region, 8 x HS Central Region, 8 x HS East Region), and 8 in the Middle School category.
- Student(s): $750 cash prize award per entry
- Teachers/Schools: $125 cash prize award
Honorable Mention: 97 awards total - awarded to entries from either the High School or Middle School category.
- Student(s): $250 cash prize award per entry
C-SPAN will also select and award 5 teams who will each receive a $100 cash prize if they submit a "Behind the Scenes" photo from the production of their documentary.
C-SPAN also reserves the right to award a "Fan Favorite" - a secondary prize awarded to one of the top prize-winning entries (as determined by C-SPAN judges), based on the results of a period of online public voting.
* Grand, 1st, and 2nd Prize videos may be aired on the C-SPAN Networks.
* All students with winning videos will receive a certificate of recognition and may be placed on C-SPAN's StudentCam Winners page.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Apply online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUFowPcSrs-kb74XhSaDNH3ZZWfd_PNLdXvsYnty19UIrOqw/viewform
If you have questions about the competition or your submission, please email educate@c-span.org or call 1-800-523-7586.
A map of the 3 High School regions can be found here:
http://www.studentcam.org/sc2021_files/StudentCam-2021-Regions-Map.jpg
USA: Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York City; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington, DC; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);
USA Compact Free Associations: The Federated States of Micronesia (USA) Marshall Islands (USA) Republic of Palau (USA)
Canada: Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon;
Israel
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