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Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that
the special master ‘‘shall afford all
interested persons an opportunity to
submit relevant, written information’’
relating to the following:
1. The existence of evidence ‘‘that
there is not a preponderance of the
evidence that the illness, disability,
injury, condition, or death described in
the petition is due to factors unrelated
to the administration of the vaccine
described in the petition,’’ and
2. Any allegation in a petition that the
petitioner either:
a. ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition not set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table but which was
caused by’’ one of the vaccines referred
to in the Table, or
b. ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table the first symptom
or manifestation of the onset or
significant aggravation of which did not
occur within the time period set forth in
the Table but which was caused by a
vaccine’’ referred to in the Table.
In accordance with Section
2112(b)(2), all interested persons may
submit written information relevant to
the issues described above in the case of
the petitions listed below. Any person
choosing to do so should file an original
and three (3) copies of the information
with the Clerk of the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims at the address listed
above (under the heading ‘‘For Further
Information Contact’’), with a copy to
HRSA addressed to Director, Division of
Injury Compensation Programs,
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(Petitioner’s Name v. Secretary of Health
and Human Services) and the docket
number assigned to the petition should
be used as the caption for the written
submission. Chapter 35 of title 44,
United States Code, related to
paperwork reduction, does not apply to
information required for purposes of
carrying out the Program.
Dated: February 25, 2015.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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List of Petitions Filed
1. Jason Chevalier, Wakefield, Rhode Island,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0001V
2. Juan Alvarado, Rockaway Park, New York,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0002V
3. Kimberly Durgala, Johnson City, New
York, Court of Federal Claims No: 15–
0003V
4. Leanell Jones, Fairfield, California, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0004V
5. Marion Eugene Hayward, Wellesley Hills,
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Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0005V
6. Kathleen Konen on behalf of Joseph
Konen, Lexington, Michigan, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0006V
7. Deborah Valles, Oak Lawn, Illinois, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0007V
8. William Davis and Nicole Davis on behalf
of Z.D., Lexington, North Carolina, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0008V
9. Wyatt Tanner, Columbus, Ohio, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0011V
10. John Ford, Charleston, South Carolina,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0012V
11. Martin Crowley, Parris Island, North
Carolina, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0015V
12. Candie Decker on behalf of A.D., Great
Neck, New York, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0017V
13. Norman Reed, Bridgewater,
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0018V
14. Erica Vancleave, Mill Creek, Washington,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0019V
15. Linda Schorel, Hudson, Florida, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0021V
16. Oscar A. Dighero, Garden Grove,
California, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0022V
17. Brandie Terry, Brazoria, Texas, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0023V
18. Randall Ho, Chicago, Illinois, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0025V
19. Elaine Stout, Centreville, Virginia, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0026V
20. Rachael Hanna, Boston, Massachusetts,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0031V
21. Julie Reiling, Phoenix, Arizona, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0032V
22. Sherry Smith, Sarasota, Florida, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0033V
23. Rachel Faucher, Berlin, New Hampshire,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0034V
24. Cynthia Kuhn, Boston, Massachusetts,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0035V
25. Wahib Mashini, Irvine, California, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0036V
26. Patricia Lynne Spilman, Towson,
Maryland, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0037V
27. Linda Roche, Boston, Massachusetts,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0038V
28. Audra Najera, San Diego, California,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0039V
29. Jamie Emerson, Boston, Massachusetts,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0042V
30. Todd Carlson and Carrie Carlson on
behalf of E.C., Vienna, Virginia, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0043V
31. Willard First, Langhorne, Pennsylvania,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0047V
32. Louis Danni, Niagara Falls, New York,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0048V
33. Violet Wilson, Auburn, California, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0049V
34. Douglas Tullio, Washington, District of
Columbia, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0051V
35. Timothy Kelly, Jackson, Michigan, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0052V
36. Craig Richardson, Princeton, New Jersey,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0053V
37. Thomas Steffens on behalf of William K.
Woll, Deceased, Venice, Florida, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0059V
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38. Rebeca Vega Henchys, Aguadilla, Puerto
Rico, Court of Federal Claims No: 15–
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39. Finnettia Garner, Houston, Texas, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0063V
40. Margaret Carpenter, Easton,
Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0064V
41. Leah Hawkins Bennett on behalf of
Varnadora McNeal Hawkins, Deceased,
Winter Haven, Florida, Court of Federal
Claims No: 15–0065V
42. Jillaine Burghardt, Lake Success, New
York, Court of Federal Claims No: 15–
0067V
43. David Hoskins, Jr. on behalf of Annabelle
Hoskins, Deceased, Huber Heights, Ohio,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0071V
44. Leslie Hammond, Ephraim, Utah, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0072V
45. Jose De La Cruz Herrera, Birmingham,
Alabama, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0076V
46. Laura Williams, Farmville, Virginia,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0080V
47. Phyllis Webb, Millsboro, Delaware, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0081V
48. Gail A. Clements on behalf of Ronald
Clements, Deceased, Murrieta,
California, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0083V
49. Angelika Belgrade, Wilmington,
Delaware, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0084V
50. Sevela DePlush and Mykelle D’Tiole on
behalf of M.J.D., Bayside, California,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0085V
51. Michelle Schneider on behalf of R.S.,
Leander, Texas, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0086V
52. Jacqueline Haim, Weston, Florida, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0089V
53. James Moore, Weston, Florida, Court of
Federal Claims No: 15–0090V
54. James Bojan on behalf of J.D.B., Baraboo,
Wisconsin, Court of Federal Claims No:
15–0091V
55. Laurie Dart, St. Petersburg, Florida, Court
of Federal Claims No: 15–0092V
56. Colleen Dotson, El Cajon, California,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0093V
57. Gloria Massey Chinea, Irvine, California,
Court of Federal Claims No: 15–0095V
58. Anthony Forziati, Belmont,
Massachusetts, Court of Federal Claims
No: 15–0096V
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for the 2015 Design by
Biomedical Undergraduate Teams
(DEBUT) Challenge
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
The National Institute of
Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
SUMMARY:
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(NIBIB) Design by Biomedical
Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT)
Challenge is open to teams of
undergraduate students working on
projects that develop innovative
solutions to unmet health and clinical
problems. NIBIB’s mission is to improve
health by leading the development and
accelerating the application of
biomedical technologies. The goals of
the DEBUT Challenge are (1) to provide
undergraduate students valuable
experiences such as working in teams,
identifying unmet clinical needs, and
designing, building and debugging
solutions for such open-ended
problems; (2) to generate novel,
innovative tools to improve healthcare,
consistent with NIBIB’s purpose to
support research, training, the
dissemination of health information,
and other programs with respect to
biomedical imaging and engineering
and associated technologies and
modalities with biomedical
applications; and (3) to highlight and
acknowledge the contributions and
accomplishments of undergraduate
students.
The competition begins March 5,
2015.
Submission Period: March 16, 2015 to
May 29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Judging Period: June 8, 2015 to August
7, 2015.
Winners announced: August 21, 2015.
Award ceremony: October 9, 2015,
Biomedical Engineering Society
Conference, Tampa Florida.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
info@nibib.nih.gov or (301) 451–4792.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition:
The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge solicits
design projects that develop innovative
solutions to unmet health and clinical
problems. Areas of interest for the
biomedical engineering projects
include, but are not limited to:
Diagnostics, therapeutics, technologies
for underserved populations and low
resource settings, point-of-care systems,
precision medicine, preventive
medicine, and technologies to aid
individuals with disabilities.
DATES:
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Rules
1. Who can win: To be eligible to win
a prize under this challenge, an
individual on the Student Team must:
(a) Be a citizen or permanent resident
of the United States; and
(b) Meet all the conditions below for
eligibility to compete under this
challenge.
2. Who can compete: This is a team
challenge. To be eligible to compete in
this challenge, an individual must:
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(a) Be an undergraduate student
enrolled full-time in an undergraduate
curriculum during at least one full
semester (or quarter if the institution is
on a quarter system) of the 2013–2015
academic year;
(b) Form or join a ‘‘Student Team’’
with at least two other individuals for
the purpose of developing an entry for
submission to this challenge. Each
student on the Student Team must
satisfy all the requirements for
competing in this challenge. While it is
expected that most of the individuals
participating in the competition may be
students from biomedical engineering
departments, interdisciplinary teams
including students from other fields are
welcome and encouraged;
(c) Acknowledge understanding and
acceptance of the DEBUT challenge
rules by signing the NIBIB DEBUT
Challenge Certification Form found at
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/
files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification
%20Form.pdf. Each entry must include
one NIBIB DEBUT Challenge
Certification Form, completed with: The
printed names of Student Team
members, an indication of whether the
team member is either a U.S. citizen or
permanent resident (as opposed to a
foreign student on a visa), and be signed
and dated by each individual member of
the Student Team. Entries that do not
provide a complete Certification Form
will be disqualified from the challenge;
(a) Be 13 years of age or older.
(b) Not be a Federal employee acting
within the scope of their employment.
Federal employees seeking to
participate in this challenge outside the
scope of their employment should
consult their ethics official prior to
developing a submission; and
(c) Comply with all the requirements
under this section (Section 2).
3. Foreign students who are studying
in the United States on a visa are
eligible to be part of the competing
Student Teams. However, they will not
receive a monetary prize if they are part
of a winning Student Team. See Prize
section below for the distribution of
prizes. As acknowledgement of their
participation, however, the names of
foreign students who are part of
winning Student Teams will be listed
among the winning team members when
results are announced and at the award
ceremony.
4. By participating in this challenge,
each individual agrees to abide by all
rules of this challenge.
5. Each entry into this challenge must
have been conceived, designed, and
implemented by the Student Team.
Student Teams participating in capstone
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design projects are especially
encouraged to enter the challenge.
6. Each Student Team may submit
only one entry into this challenge
through one member of the Student
Team appointed as ‘‘Team Captain’’ by
that Student Team. The Team Captain
will carry out all correspondence
regarding the Student Team’s entry. The
Team Captain must be a citizen or
permanent resident of the United States.
7. The Team Captain will submit a
Student Team’s entry on behalf of the
Student Team by following the links
and instructions at https://
www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/
undergraduate-graduate/designbiomedical-undergraduate-teams-debutchallenge/ and certify that the entry
meets all the challenge rules.
8. Each entry must comply with
Section 508 standards that require
federal agencies’ electronic and
information technology be accessible to
people with disabilities, https://
www.section508.gov/.
9. Individuals who are younger than
18 must have their parent or legal
guardian complete the Parental Consent
Form found at https://www.nibib.nih
.gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20
Consent%20Form.pdf.
10. Each entry must be submitted as
a single pdf file and must include the
following:
• Sponsor letter, on department
letterhead, from a faculty member from
the Biomedical Engineering,
Bioengineering or similar department of
the institution in which the Student
Team members are enrolled, verifying a)
that the entry was achieved by the
named Student Team, b) that each
member of the team was enrolled fulltime in an undergraduate curriculum
during at least one semester or quarter
of the academic year 2014–2015, and c)
describing clearly any contribution from
the advisor or any other individual
outside the Student Team (especially
when the submitted entry is part of a
bigger/ongoing project, the specific
components designed and implemented
by the competing Student Team must be
clarified and distinguished from those
accomplished by others).
• The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge
Certification Form (downloadable from
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/
files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%
20Certification%20Form.pdf completed
with the printed names, indication of
U.S. citizenship or permanent
residency, dates, and signatures of each
individual member of the Student
Team.
• Completed Cover Page
(downloadable from https://
www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
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20Page.pdf listing project title and team
member information.
• Project Description (not to exceed 6
pages using Arial font and a font size of
at least 11 points) that includes the
following 4 sections:
(1) Abstract
(2) Description of clinical need or
problem, including background and
current methods available
(3) Design, including a discussion of the
innovative aspects
(4) Evidence of a working prototype
(results/graphics obtained with the
designed solution)
When the submitted entry is part of a
bigger/ongoing project, the specific
components designed and implemented
by the competing Student Team must be
clarified and distinguished from those
accomplished by others (e.g. other
students, advisor, collaborators).
The 6-page limit includes any
graphics, but excludes the cover page,
certification form, parental consent
form, and any references. Submissions
exceeding 6 pages for the Project
Description will not be accepted. An
optional 3-minute video displaying the
operation of the device/method may be
included. However, the 6-page Project
Description must be a stand-alone
explanation of the project.
• A completed Parental Consent
Form, accessible at https://
www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf, for
each individual on the Student Team
who is under the age of 18.
11. NIBIB will claim no rights to
intellectual property. Individuals on the
Student Team will retain intellectual
property ownership as applicable
arising from their entry. By participating
in this challenge, such individuals grant
to NIBIB an irrevocable, paid-up,
royalty-free, nonexclusive worldwide
license to post, link to, share, and
display publicly the entry on the Web,
newsletters or pamphlets, and other
information products. It is the
responsibility of the individuals on the
Student Team to obtain any rights
necessary to use, disclose, or reproduce
any intellectual property owned by
third parties and incorporated in the
entry for all anticipated uses of the
entry.
12. All entries must be submitted by
the challenge deadline, May 29, 2015,
11:59 p.m. EDT. Entries must not
infringe upon any copyright or any
other rights of any third party.
13. By participating in this challenge,
each individual agrees to assume any
and all risks and waive claims against
the Federal Government and its related
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entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property, revenue, or
profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from
participation in this prize challenge,
whether the injury, death, damage, or
loss arises through negligence or
otherwise.
14. Based on the subject matter of the
challenge, the type of work that it will
possibly require, as well as an analysis
of the likelihood of any claims for death,
bodily injury, or property damage, or
loss potentially resulting from challenge
participation, individuals are not
required to obtain liability insurance or
demonstrate financial responsibility in
order to participate in this challenge.
15. By participating in this challenge,
each individual agrees to indemnify the
Federal Government against third party
claims for damages arising from or
related to challenge activities.
16. An individual shall not be deemed
ineligible because the individual used
Federal facilities or consulted with
Federal employees during this challenge
if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals participating
in the challenge on an equitable basis.
17. NIBIB reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, modify the challenge, and/or
not award a prize if no entries are
deemed worthy.
Prize: The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
prizes will be $20,000, $15,000, and
$10,000, respectively, to be distributed
only among the members of the winning
Student Team eligible to win a prize in
this challenge. The prize will be
distributed equally among the prizeeligible Student Team members, i.e.,
students who are either citizens or
permanent residents of the United
States. Each prize-eligible member of
the winning Student Teams must
provide his/her bank information to
enable electronic transfer of funds. Six
honorable mentions will also be
awarded, without an accompanying
monetary prize.
Winning Student Teams will be
honored at the NIBIB DEBUT Award
Ceremony during the 2015 Annual
Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES) in Tampa, Florida on
October 9, 2015. Updated information
on the BMES annual meeting can be
found at https://bmes.org/
annualmeeting. NIBIB will not provide
financial support for winning Student
Teams or Honorable Mention awardees
to attend the award ceremony. However
they are welcome and encouraged to
attend the award ceremony, or designate
a representative to attend on their
behalf.
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Basis upon Which Winner Will Be
Selected: The winning entries will be
selected based on the following criteria:
• Significance of the problem
addressed—Does the entry address an
important problem or a critical barrier to
progress in clinical care or research?
• Impact on potential users and
clinical care—How likely is it that the
entry will exert a sustained, powerful
influence on the problem and medical
field addressed?
• Innovative design (creativity and
originality of concept)—Does the entry
utilize novel theoretical concepts,
approaches or methodologies, or
instrumentation?
• Working prototype that implements
the design concept and produces
targeted results—Has evidence been
provided (in the form of results, graphs,
photographs, films, etc.) that a working
prototype has been achieved?
Additional Information: For more
information and to submit entries, visit
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/trainingcareers/undergraduate-graduate/designbiomedical-undergraduate-teams-debutchallenge/.
The NIBIB prize-approving official
will be the Director of NIBIB. Prizes will
be paid using electronic funds transfer
and may be subject to federal income
taxes. NIH will comply with the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) withholding and
reporting requirements, where
applicable.
Dated: February 27, 2015.
Roderic I. Pettigrew,
Director, National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
(NIBIB) Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the 2015
Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
SUMMARY: The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering
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(NIBIB) Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge is
open to teams of undergraduate students working on projects that
develop innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems.
NIBIB's mission is to improve health by leading the development and
accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The goals of
the DEBUT Challenge are (1) to provide undergraduate students valuable
experiences such as working in teams, identifying unmet clinical needs,
and designing, building and debugging solutions for such open-ended
problems; (2) to generate novel, innovative tools to improve
healthcare, consistent with NIBIB's purpose to support research,
training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs
with respect to biomedical imaging and engineering and associated
technologies and modalities with biomedical applications; and (3) to
highlight and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of
undergraduate students.
DATES: The competition begins March 5, 2015.
Submission Period: March 16, 2015 to May 29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Judging Period: June 8, 2015 to August 7, 2015.
Winners announced: August 21, 2015.
Award ceremony: October 9, 2015, Biomedical Engineering Society
Conference, Tampa Florida.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: info@nibib.nih.gov or (301) 451-4792.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition: The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge
solicits design projects that develop innovative solutions to unmet
health and clinical problems. Areas of interest for the biomedical
engineering projects include, but are not limited to: Diagnostics,
therapeutics, technologies for underserved populations and low resource
settings, point-of-care systems, precision medicine, preventive
medicine, and technologies to aid individuals with disabilities.
Rules
1. Who can win: To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge,
an individual on the Student Team must:
(a) Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
(b) Meet all the conditions below for eligibility to compete under
this challenge.
2. Who can compete: This is a team challenge. To be eligible to
compete in this challenge, an individual must:
(a) Be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time in an
undergraduate curriculum during at least one full semester (or quarter
if the institution is on a quarter system) of the 2013-2015 academic
year;
(b) Form or join a ``Student Team'' with at least two other
individuals for the purpose of developing an entry for submission to
this challenge. Each student on the Student Team must satisfy all the
requirements for competing in this challenge. While it is expected that
most of the individuals participating in the competition may be
students from biomedical engineering departments, interdisciplinary
teams including students from other fields are welcome and encouraged;
(c) Acknowledge understanding and acceptance of the DEBUT challenge
rules by signing the NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form found at
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification%20Form.pdf. Each entry must include one
NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form, completed with: The printed
names of Student Team members, an indication of whether the team member
is either a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (as opposed to a foreign
student on a visa), and be signed and dated by each individual member
of the Student Team. Entries that do not provide a complete
Certification Form will be disqualified from the challenge;
(a) Be 13 years of age or older.
(b) Not be a Federal employee acting within the scope of their
employment. Federal employees seeking to participate in this challenge
outside the scope of their employment should consult their ethics
official prior to developing a submission; and
(c) Comply with all the requirements under this section (Section
2).
3. Foreign students who are studying in the United States on a visa
are eligible to be part of the competing Student Teams. However, they
will not receive a monetary prize if they are part of a winning Student
Team. See Prize section below for the distribution of prizes. As
acknowledgement of their participation, however, the names of foreign
students who are part of winning Student Teams will be listed among the
winning team members when results are announced and at the award
ceremony.
4. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to
abide by all rules of this challenge.
5. Each entry into this challenge must have been conceived,
designed, and implemented by the Student Team. Student Teams
participating in capstone design projects are especially encouraged to
enter the challenge.
6. Each Student Team may submit only one entry into this challenge
through one member of the Student Team appointed as ``Team Captain'' by
that Student Team. The Team Captain will carry out all correspondence
regarding the Student Team's entry. The Team Captain must be a citizen
or permanent resident of the United States.
7. The Team Captain will submit a Student Team's entry on behalf of
the Student Team by following the links and instructions at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/design-biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-challenge/ and certify that the
entry meets all the challenge rules.
8. Each entry must comply with Section 508 standards that require
federal agencies' electronic and information technology be accessible
to people with disabilities, https://www.section508.gov/.
9. Individuals who are younger than 18 must have their parent or
legal guardian complete the Parental Consent Form found at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf.
10. Each entry must be submitted as a single pdf file and must
include the following:
Sponsor letter, on department letterhead, from a faculty
member from the Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering or similar
department of the institution in which the Student Team members are
enrolled, verifying a) that the entry was achieved by the named Student
Team, b) that each member of the team was enrolled full-time in an
undergraduate curriculum during at least one semester or quarter of the
academic year 2014-2015, and c) describing clearly any contribution
from the advisor or any other individual outside the Student Team
(especially when the submitted entry is part of a bigger/ongoing
project, the specific components designed and implemented by the
competing Student Team must be clarified and distinguished from those
accomplished by others).
The NIBIB DEBUT Challenge Certification Form (downloadable
from https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Certification%20Form.pdf completed with the printed
names, indication of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, dates,
and signatures of each individual member of the Student Team.
Completed Cover Page (downloadable from https://
www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
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NIBIB%20DEBUT%20Cover%20Page.pdf listing project title and team member
information.
Project Description (not to exceed 6 pages using Arial
font and a font size of at least 11 points) that includes the following
4 sections:
(1) Abstract
(2) Description of clinical need or problem, including background and
current methods available
(3) Design, including a discussion of the innovative aspects
(4) Evidence of a working prototype (results/graphics obtained with the
designed solution)
When the submitted entry is part of a bigger/ongoing project, the
specific components designed and implemented by the competing Student
Team must be clarified and distinguished from those accomplished by
others (e.g. other students, advisor, collaborators).
The 6-page limit includes any graphics, but excludes the cover
page, certification form, parental consent form, and any references.
Submissions exceeding 6 pages for the Project Description will not be
accepted. An optional 3-minute video displaying the operation of the
device/method may be included. However, the 6-page Project Description
must be a stand-alone explanation of the project.
A completed Parental Consent Form, accessible at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Parental%20Consent%20Form.pdf,
for each individual on the Student Team who is under the age of 18.
11. NIBIB will claim no rights to intellectual property.
Individuals on the Student Team will retain intellectual property
ownership as applicable arising from their entry. By participating in
this challenge, such individuals grant to NIBIB an irrevocable, paid-
up, royalty-free, nonexclusive worldwide license to post, link to,
share, and display publicly the entry on the Web, newsletters or
pamphlets, and other information products. It is the responsibility of
the individuals on the Student Team to obtain any rights necessary to
use, disclose, or reproduce any intellectual property owned by third
parties and incorporated in the entry for all anticipated uses of the
entry.
12. All entries must be submitted by the challenge deadline, May
29, 2015, 11:59 p.m. EDT. Entries must not infringe upon any copyright
or any other rights of any third party.
13. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to
assume any and all risks and waive claims against the Federal
Government and its related entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property,
revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or consequential,
arising from participation in this prize challenge, whether the injury,
death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.
14. Based on the subject matter of the challenge, the type of work
that it will possibly require, as well as an analysis of the likelihood
of any claims for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss
potentially resulting from challenge participation, individuals are not
required to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial
responsibility in order to participate in this challenge.
15. By participating in this challenge, each individual agrees to
indemnify the Federal Government against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to challenge activities.
16. An individual shall not be deemed ineligible because the
individual used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal employees
during this challenge if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals participating in the challenge on an
equitable basis.
17. NIBIB reserves the right to cancel, suspend, modify the
challenge, and/or not award a prize if no entries are deemed worthy.
Prize: The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be $20,000, $15,000,
and $10,000, respectively, to be distributed only among the members of
the winning Student Team eligible to win a prize in this challenge. The
prize will be distributed equally among the prize-eligible Student Team
members, i.e., students who are either citizens or permanent residents
of the United States. Each prize-eligible member of the winning Student
Teams must provide his/her bank information to enable electronic
transfer of funds. Six honorable mentions will also be awarded, without
an accompanying monetary prize.
Winning Student Teams will be honored at the NIBIB DEBUT Award
Ceremony during the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES) in Tampa, Florida on October 9, 2015. Updated
information on the BMES annual meeting can be found at https://bmes.org/annualmeeting. NIBIB will not provide financial support for winning
Student Teams or Honorable Mention awardees to attend the award
ceremony. However they are welcome and encouraged to attend the award
ceremony, or designate a representative to attend on their behalf.
Basis upon Which Winner Will Be Selected: The winning entries will
be selected based on the following criteria:
Significance of the problem addressed--Does the entry
address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in
clinical care or research?
Impact on potential users and clinical care--How likely is
it that the entry will exert a sustained, powerful influence on the
problem and medical field addressed?
Innovative design (creativity and originality of
concept)--Does the entry utilize novel theoretical concepts, approaches
or methodologies, or instrumentation?
Working prototype that implements the design concept and
produces targeted results--Has evidence been provided (in the form of
results, graphs, photographs, films, etc.) that a working prototype has
been achieved?
Additional Information: For more information and to submit entries,
visit https://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/design-biomedical-undergraduate-teams-debut-challenge/.
The NIBIB prize-approving official will be the Director of NIBIB.
Prizes will be paid using electronic funds transfer and may be subject
to federal income taxes. NIH will comply with the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable.
Dated: February 27, 2015.
Roderic I. Pettigrew,
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
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