2. Part 1 :  Samsung Real Dreams Award (SRDA) Program  Samsung Real Dreams Partners  Who can Apply & How to Apply ? Part 2:  How to Write the SRDA Application  Tips for Preparing SRDA Application  SRDA Evaluation Criteria Part 3:  Q &A

3.  National competition offering grant awards based on YOUR innovative prototypes.  Projects should offer solutions to real-world challenges facing the Egyptian industry.  The competition has two phases: ◦ 15 projects will be selected to participate in the competition. ◦ 15 selected projects will compete in the SRDA final ceremony where an evaluation committee will select the top 5 winners.

4. SRDA is collaboration between Samsung, The International Youth Foundation (IYF), and Nahdet El Mahrousa’s incubated project the Young Innovators’ Awards (YIA) Program.  Samsung Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries  The International Youth Foundation (IYF) Invests in the extraordinary potential of young people IYF maintain a worldwide community of business, governments, and civil society organizations Committed to empowering youth to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens IYF programs help young people obtain a quality education, gain employability skills, make healthy choices, and improve their communities

5.  Nahdet El Mahrousa Egyptian youth-led non-governmental organization (NGO) Engaging young Egyptian professionals in developing their country and shaping its future المساهمة الإيجابية فى تنمية مصر من خلال تفعيل دور الشباب المصرى فى عملية التنمية و تشجيعه على المشاركة فى صنع مستقبل مصر  Young Innovators Award (YIA) An Incubated NM Project Enhancing the culture of R&D National annual competition in all 56 Engineering/Agriculture/Science Faculties Offering scholarships and internships nationally

6.  SRDA Competition is open to all Egyptians under 35 years of age; you can apply as an individual or as a team How To Apply?  Step 1: Download SRDA Application www.nahdetmasr.org/yia/syiawww.nahdetmasr.org/yia/syia ◦ In case of any technical difficulties, please contact SRDA Program coordinators at syia@nahdetmasr.org syia@nahdetmasr.org

7.  Step 2: Check SRDA application guidelines  You can submit more than one project  Project should be recommended by a reference person  Submitted using SRDA Application Form  Submissions must be in English  Typed using an Arial font (size 11)  Should not exceed 10 pages  Pages should be numbered  Project title should be kept as brief as possible  Must be in MSWord or PDF format only

8.  Step 3: Submit Application  Ensure that all parts of the Application Form are complete and signed prior to submission  Make sure the title of your email and your attached document title include the project name  All proposals must be submitted to syia@nahdetmasr.orgsyia@nahdetmasr.org  All applications must be sent no later than Tuesday July 7 th 2009 by 12 am.

10.  The following suggestions will help you in preparing your application: ◦ Plan logically ◦ Be precise and clear ◦ Define acronyms before using them ◦ Use tables and charts rather than lengthy word descriptions ◦ Keep sentences short, not more than 30 words in length ◦ A sentence should contain one idea or two related ideas ◦ A paragraph should contain a series of related ideas ◦ It is up to you to convince the evaluation committee that your project deserves to be funded ◦ Describe your project in a comprehensible and understandable manner ◦ After writing your application, ask a colleague/teammate to proof read it for clarity ◦ Spelling and grammatical errors negatively affect how your application is evaluated ◦ Avoid using fancy font colors in your application ◦ Keep it simple

12. 1) Scientific Value (Innovation) (Max 25%)  Clear and defined scientific approach to the addressed problem?  Innovative scientific approach in tackling the addressed problem? 2) Feasibility & Relevance (Max 25%)  Address important challenge(s) facing the Egyptian industry?  Feasible/realistic ambitious objectives, suit the current capabilities of Egypt? 3) Research methodology and Presentation (Max 20%)  Conceived and organized?  Writing style, organization, flow of ideas, references and citation.

13. 4) Literature survey (Max 10%)  Add to the work previously done on the same topic ?  Good literature survey conducted for similar ideas? 5) Team work (Max 10%)  Clearly specify the roles and responsibilities of each team member?  Quality of the team and skills offered by each of its members ?  Number of team members seem reasonable? 6) Reasons for Consideration (Max 10%)  Why this project is significant and how the applicant will benefit from SRDA funding.?