In the public health stream, participants will have the opportunity to evaluate public health strategies such as testing, contact tracing, social distancing and, quarantining. Participants will also need to address social determinants of health as they relate to their solution.

Proposal Outline:

1. Executive Summary (Not included in the 1000 words, ~150 words max)
2. Background & Problem
3. Current Considerations
4. Solution & Implementation Considerations
5. In-Text Citations and Citation List (Vancouver Style)

Submission Requirements:

• Single spaced
• 12 font, Times New Roman
• Maximum Word Count: 1000 words (Word count includes in-text citations, but does not include the citation list)
• Submitted as a PDF and file name includes Team Number, Category and Names (Example: Team10_BM_John_Jacob_Andrew.pdf)

Deadline: Sunday, February 21, 12:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time)

• The deadline is at NOON 12:00 PM EST, NOT 11:59 PM EST
• In Riipen, you may notice that it says your project is due on Sunday, Feb 21 at 11:59 PM. Please ignore this, it is simply a default setting of Riipen that we are unable to change.

Once you start your project, your team will be automatically added to a Riipen chat with our Exec team. If you have questions, use the chat or email infectiousdiseasespotlight@gmail.com.

All teams are required to sign up for 1 mentor session. Mentors will provide guidance by helping teams brainstorm ideas, or give their feedback on any policy proposal ideas.