NYU POLICY CASE COMPETITION

THE COMPETITION

Students from colleges and universities around the world are invited to think critically and
innovate by researching, designing and presenting policy proposals on today’s most pressing
issues.
Hosted annually by the New York University Politics Society since 2014, the Policy Case
Competition is a conference where students of all experience levels are given the opportunity
to propose policy solutions in response to the largest and most critical current issues. Teams
have the opportunity to win a prize and a meeting with leading minds in the field of policy!
You can find important information regarding the rules and timeline of this year's
Competition in the Rules and Timeline section respectively. Please review them carefully and
refer back to them in case of any future questions. For any clarifications, concerns, or further
questions, please contact policy.case@gmail.com.

RULES

Teams and Topics:

 Registrants must be currently enrolled at a college or university as a student.
 Teams of two to four students will compete in this three-round competition.
 Students are encouraged to register with a full team of two or more members.
 Students are allowed to register alone, if so these students will be paired with
student(s) in similar time zones.
 Complete teams will not be modified.
 During registration, teams will pick their first, second, and third choices from this
year's policy topics, from the categories listed on the topics page. 
 There are a limited number of spots in each category and topic, so teams that register
early will have priority.
 Competitors will be notified of their final topic after registration closes. 
 Background papers providing a broad issue summary are provided for all topics. 
 
Round 1: Policy Memo:
 Each team must submit a written policy memo outlining their key issues and
propositions. 
 Proposals cannot be longer than two pages, not including citations. 
 More details, including deadline and submission instructions, will be provided to
competitors via email and during the Policy Memo Writing workshop. 
 
Round 2: Presentations:
 The submitted policy memos are graded by our committee. 
 After grading, the top four teams from each of the five categories (twenty-five teams
total) will be selected to participate in Round 2.
 Rounds 2 and 3 will take place on April 24th and 25th.
 Round 2 will NOT be live.
 Each team must submit a video presentation and an Executive Summary by April
18th.
 The Executive Summary should be one to two pages long and outline the team's key
assumptions and arguments. 
 The video presentation should be between 10 and 15 minutes.
 We encourage all members of a team to participate.
 
Round 3: Final Presentations:
 From these second-round teams, one team from each topic (five teams total) will be
chosen according to the judges' scores to move into the third and final round of
presentations. 
 The final round presentations will be live, on April 25th.
 Each team will remotely present in front of the judges, with 15 minutes for
presentation and 5 minutes for questions.
 The winning team will receive a prize that is to be determined.

Workshops:
 There will be a policy memo writing workshop for competitors leading up to the
Competition.
 The workshop will be emailed to teams after registration. 
  We highly encouraged all to watch the workshop if possible. 

TIMELINE

Competition Timeline:
Registration Opens: Feb. 10th
Registration Close: March 15th 11:59pm EST
Topic Assignments Given: March 16th 
Memo Workshop Sent Out: March 22nd
Round 1 Memos Due: April 9th
Round 2 Video Due: April 18th 11:59 EST
Final Round Live Competition: April 25th

TOPICS