Be the Change Student Competition

Talented young minds tackling global health problems

Application process is closed for the 2012 Be the Change competition

Across Washington state, hundreds of students have proposed their ideas to improve global health in the 2012 Be the Change global health competition. Stretching from Bellingham to Vancouver and Pullman to Seattle, over 250 students submitted proposals in the inaugural year of the contest. 

Be the Change invites high school, community college and undergraduate students to create solutions, awareness, and innovation in global health through programmatic tools or heightening public engagement. Teams of three or more students were asked to select a specific global health issue and submit their ideas to solve or alleviate this problem.

Projects range from designing a portable, solar-powered waste water treatment system for low-resource settings to hosting a global health symposium for high school peers to constructing a mobile phone application bringing medical knowledge into the hands of the world’s poorest.

For more information on the second round of submissions, check out the student page for dates and details.

Finalist teams will win:

• Recognition: Participate in Groundswell: A Night For Global Health in a public awards ceremony at McCaw Hall, receive letters of commendation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and showcase projects in the Global Classroom  

• Opportunity: Visit with global health VIPs and tour local organizations, including PATH, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle BioMed, World Vision, Washington State University, Seattle Children' s and more...
• Prizes: Over $10,000 in cash and prizes