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Finalist Evaluation
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SUBJECT: Your proposal has been selected as a Finalist!
Congratulations! Your proposal, "Recalibration of traditional calendars through participatory data collection" in the Anticipating Climate Change in the Pamir Mountains contest, has been selected to advance to the Finalists round.
Be proud of your accomplishment – 16 proposals were submitted and only a very small number have been advanced through these two rounds of judging.
As a Finalist, your proposal is eligible for the contest’s Judges Choice award, as well as the contest’s Popular Choice award, which is determined by public voting.
If you haven’t already, you will soon receive an email from the Climate CoLab staff with details about the voting period. If you don’t receive that email within the next day, or have other questions, please contact the Climate CoLab staff at admin@climatecolab.org
All winners will be announced the week after the voting period ends, on September 12, 2015 at midnight Eastern Time.
Both Judges Choice and Popular Choice will receive a special invitation to attend selected sessions at MIT’s SOLVE conference and present their proposals before key constituents in a workshop the next day, where a $10,000 Grand Prize will be awarded. A few select Climate CoLab winners will join distinguished SOLVE attendees in a highly collaborative problem-solving session. Some contests have additional prizes given by the contest sponsor.
Thank you for your work on this very important issue. We’re proud of your proposal, and we hope that you are too. Again, congratulations!
2015 Climate CoLab Judges
Additional comments from the Judges:
A solid proposal that is well written and illustrated, respectful of indigenous knowledge, integrates scientific and indigenous ideas, and seems feasible. This is the only proposal that shows that the team has included social science in the development and has knowledge of TEK, qualitative research and with those elements, has a chance of success with the integration of the communities. The proposal has well defined tasks, which are feasible and have high potential for impact. The team has significant experience in the research and extension efforts in the region and clear plans for the proposed efforts. The participation of the local population and engagement of an NGO (tbd) in the region are likely to lead to significant role in the project. The link with schools and science education is most interesting. The good balance between research and indigenous participation make this a strong proposal.
The proposal would be stronger if there were clearer articulation of uncertainties associated with climate variability and climate change and how to address the limitations of the predictive potential of forecasts. Another suggestion is to consider participatory collection of indigenous knowledge; it might be more culturally sensitive and less intrusive. It might jeopardize your intergenerational analysis, but it could promote intergenerational sharing which may be a more important outcome.
Semi-Finalist Evaluation
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SUBJECT: Your proposal has been selected as a Semi-Finalist!
Congratulations! Your proposal, Recalibration of traditional calendars through participatory data collection in the Anticipating Climate Change in the Pamir Mountains contest, has been selected to advance to the Semi-Finalists round.
You will be able to revise your proposal and add new collaborators if you wish, from now until the revision deadline (June 18, 11:59pm [EDT]).
Judges' feedback are posted under the "Evaluation" tab of your proposal. Please incorporate this feedback in your revisions, or your proposal may not be advanced to the Finalists round. We ask you to also summarize the changes that you made in the comment section of the Evaluation tab.
At the revision deadline, your proposal will be locked and considered in final form. The Judges will undergo another round of evaluation to ensure that Semi-Finalist proposals have addressed the feedback given, and select which proposals will continue to the Finalists round. Finalists are eligible for the contest’s Judges Choice award, as well as for public voting to select the contest’s Popular Choice award.
Thank you for your great work and again, congratulations!
Contest Judges
Judges' Feedback:
The link with schools and science education is most interesting. The proposal would be stronger if there were clearer articulation of uncertainties associated with climate variability and climate change and how to address the limitations of the predictive potential of forecasts.
This is an interesting idea, but shows no convincing evidence that it will produce any impact.
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