1. Principles for Transnational Team Formation
All participating teams must adhere to the following requirements:
•The number of members in each team should not exceed 5. Teams with more than 5 members will be reviewed and approved by the organizing committee on a case-by-case basis.
•The members of each team should not all be from the same country. Teams that include students from both China and different Latin American countries (such as Brazil, Chile, etc.) will receive "Cross-Cultural Bonus Points" during the preliminary and " Transnational Final" stages. These teams will also have the opportunity to win the "Cross-Cultural Competency Award" during both stages.
2. Transnational Team Formation Process
(1) Release of Project Topic Announcement
The competition themes for the "Poverty Alleviation Challenge" span multiple fields, including artificial intelligence and digitalization, online education, technological innovation, economic growth, financial empowerment, environmental protection, and corporate social responsibility. The competition encourages theoretical thinking, the integration of multidisciplinary approaches with practical feasibility, and rigorous research and practical methods.
The topics are divided into two categories:
Category 1: Institutional Topics
Government, industry, and research institutions extract real research questions from existing poverty alleviation projects or design poverty-related topics based on research interests. Participating teams will form transnational teams freely, sign up, and select a topic to compete.
Category 2: Self-Proposed Topics
Students are encouraged to propose their own topics based on personal interests in poverty alleviation, societal issues, or course content. Teams may also form freely across countries to participate.
Both categories of topics will be evaluated uniformly and compete fairly in the competition.
(2) Release of Transnational Team Formation and Topic Intention Registration Form
All participating teams must complete their transnational team formation between February 17, 2025, and April 9, 2025. Preliminary teams from China must submit their topic intention registration form to the official email address _______ by March 7, 2025. Preliminary teams from Latin America must submit their topic intention registration form to the official email address _______ by March 14, 2025.
The registration form template is as follows:
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1.Situation of Existing Team Members (This includes the current professional abilities, personal strengths, teamwork skills, as well as any existing academic or practical experience in poverty alleviation, and any poverty alleviation projects that have been initiated or funded.) Within 500 words.
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2.Introduction of Expected Transnational Team Members (This includes the professional abilities, personal strengths, teamwork skills, as well as any existing academic or practical experience in poverty alleviation, and any poverty alleviation projects that have been initiated or funded, that the team hopes the transnational members will have.) Within 500 words.
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3.Topic Introduction (This includes the understanding, interest, and research foundation related to the selected topic.) Within 1000 words.
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(3) Information Exchange and Online Team Formation
•The course teaching assistants will start releasing shared documents on March 7, 2025, based on the transnational team formation and topic selection intention registration forms. These documents will display the introductions of each team's existing members, expected transnational team members, and topic introductions.
•Students who have not yet formed teams can view the available teams through the shared document and proactively contact interested team members based on their topic interests and personal strengths.
•Students can communicate directly through the "Poverty Alleviation Challenge" event group (e.g., WeChat) or use email and other methods to contact team members and join a team of interest.
•If students encounter issues such as cross-cultural communication or team adjustments during the team formation process, they can contact the teaching assistant for assistance. The teaching assistant will facilitate topic exchanges between students from the three countries and update the team formation status every Monday to improve efficiency. The deadline for team formation is April 9, 2025.
Note: The schedule may be adjusted based on actual circumstances, and participants will be notified in advance if changes occur.
(4) Public Announcement of Participating Teams
•On April 10, 2025, the course teaching assistants will complete the final review and confirmation of the transnational team formation information, ensuring that each team has members from different countries and that the number of team members does not exceed 5, among other requirements.
•The organizing committee will compile a complete list of participating teams and publish the final version of the team list on the WeChat communication group, Tsinghua University Latin America Center official website, and the "Poverty Alleviation Challenge" event link.
