1. The proposal must be delivered by 3 p.m. on December 2nd, 2009 in the offices of the City of Knowledge Foundation, Bldg. 104, Clayton, Panama.
2. An entry form must accompany each proposal. A copy of the contact person's ID card, passport or other ID must be attached.
3. The Contestant may be a person, a group of persons, a company, a university or any other kind of legal entity or group of legal entities. However, each contestant must be represented by only one individual, i.e. the contact person. If the Contestant wins, only the contact person will receive the award.
4. The Contestant can come from any country.
5. The Contestant certifies that the proposal and any other attached documents are his/her property and, if they are not, that he/she is duly authorized to submit the proposal and all attached documents.
6. The Contestant understands that providing false information or concealing any facts in this proposal or in any other written communication sent to the City of Knowledge Foundation is a serious offense, and the City of Knowledge Foundation may, at its own discretion, disqualify the Contestant's proposal.
7. Proposals must be submitted in Spanish.
8. The decisions of the Committee that evaluates the proposals and selects the winners are final and cannot be contested. There is no obligation to provide explanations regarding these decisions.
9. The following proposals are not eligible: Proposals prepared by the City of Knowledge Foundation, proposals by City of Knowledge Foundation employees, and proposals which received awards in this contest in previous years.
10. For further information or queries, please refer to the Contest's website (www.ciudaddelsaber.org/concurso), or send an email to: concurso@cdspanama.org.
11. By submitting a proposal to this contest means the contestant accepts the rules and regulations contained in this document and all its potential amendments. Therefore, Contest Contestants must stay up to date on any announcements made on the website: www.ciudaddelsaber.org/concurso.
12. The Contest Organizers may, at any time, change the established dates or suspend the Contest, either temporarily or definitely, if they consider it appropriate. Any changes shall be informed by publishing them on the website, www.ciudaddelsaber.org/concurso.

Articles, interviews, reports, series, programs or any other kind of piece of mass media that participate in the Contest must be published or broadcasted in Panama and must be intended for the Panamanian population.

The jury will select proposals based on such criteria as scientific accuracy, originality, clear writing, and the ability for building awareness about science and technological development in the general population.

Press/Print Proposals

The entry form must be submitted together with 3 copies of the proposal by way of clippings, reprints or photocopies clearly showing the heading, title, date and the newspaper, magazine or other organization that published the proposal. Proposals printed directly from the Internet will not be evaluated.

Radio or TV Proposals

The entry form must be submitted together with 3 copies of a CD or DVD of the transmission or broadcast.

Proposals published or transmitted between January 1st, 2009 and December 2, 2009 are eligible for the contest.

Each Contestant may submit up to 3 proposals. A separate entry form must accompany each proposal.

Each Contestant may submit proposals in only one of the three sub-categories (radio, TV, or press).

Contestants must deliver their proposals to the City of Knowledge Foundation duly presented in print format and in electronic format (CD or DVD).

Each Contestant may submit up to 3 proposals.

Each Contestant may enter in only one category.

The proposal must include the following information:

1. Project Title
2. Executive Summary
3. Problem statement and hypothesis
4. Objectives
5. Expected impact on direct or indirect users
6. Potential users of the project
7. Theoretical Framework and state of the art
8. Methodology
9. Timeline
10. Necessary infrastructure or equipment
11. Budget
12. Expected results
13. Strategy for transferring and communicating results to potential users
14. Bibliography (strictly related to the project)

The jury will select the proposals based on the following criteria: impact and originality, methodology and experimental design, technical and economic feasibility, and environmental risk considerations and their mitigation.