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TIMELINE

Please Note: Public comments are intended to aid applicants and foster greater collaboration. All applications will be evaluated by a panel of interdisciplinary expert judges who will determine which applicants are invited to participate in the second round of the Competition, and who will select the eventual winners. The public will be given an opportunity to vote for the People's Choice award on May 27.

	Round One: Description of Application
January 15	Application system opens
January 22 11:59pm EST	Preliminary applications due.
January 25	Public commenting opens **During this period, applicants are encouraged to seek partnerships with other applicants that may make either or both proposed projects stronger. Public commenting opens.
February 3	Resubmission period opens. **All those who have already applied MUST resubmit their applications. Additionally, the system will accept new applications. (Please see top of page for details).
February 15 Noon (12pm), EST	Final applications due. Resubmitted applications and new applications submitted between Feb 3 and Feb 15 made available for public comment.
February 22	Public comment closes.
February 23	A group of expert judges will review all applications.

	Round Two: Full Application
Midweek March 22	Top scorers notified and invited to upload 3-minute video or machinima-style demo. Public comment opens.
April 19	Videos or machinima-style demo, budget, and budget narrative due for top scoring finalists.

	Round Three: People's Choice
May 27	Public voting for People's Choice Award.
May	Winners event.
June 4	Public voting closes.

The Digital Media and Learning Competition is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of California, in collaboration with Duke University and the Mozilla Foundation. The University of California Humanities Research Institute and Duke University's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute are the principal administering bodies for this grant on behalf of HASTAC.