Eligibility
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) welcomes applications from individuals, teams, and organizations comprised of members that have a recognized legal existence and structure under applicable U.S. law and that are in good standing in the jurisdiction under which they are organized with the following restrictions:

In order to be eligible to win a prize:

• Individual participants must be 18 years old or older and be either a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or its territories to be eligible for a prize
• Organizations must be an entity incorporated in and maintaining a primary place of business in the United States.
• For team entries (i.e., groups of individuals competing together but not representing an established organization, institution, or corporation), the Team Lead must be 18 years old or older and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories; the team lead will act as the official representative for the team.
• If there is a dispute over the identity of the team lead who submitted the entry, and it cannot be resolved to the Challenge Sponsor’s satisfaction, the submission will be disqualified; proof of US citizenship or permanent residency will be required before any prize is awarded.

Ineligible persons or entities

• Federal entities or Federal employees acting within the scope of their employment are not eligible to win an award.
• Employees of Blue Clarity, and any of their subsidiaries and affiliates, and immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, are not eligible.

No use of government funds

• If you are a Government contractor or are employed by one, your participation in this Challenge may also be restricted. If you or your employer is receiving Government funding for similar projects,  you or your employer are not eligible for award under this Challenge. Additionally, the U.S. Government may have Intellectual Property Rights in your solution if your solution was made under a Government Contract, Grant or Cooperative Agreement. Under such conditions, you may not be eligible for award. Please contact us if you need help determining your eligibility.

Distribution of an Award to a Team

• If a team of individuals and/or entities is selected as a Winner, any Award will be made to the person who registered the team and submitted the application. That person is responsible for ensuring the award funds are appropriately distributed to each member of the team.

Distribution of an Award to an Organization

• If an organization is selected as a Winner, any Award will be made to the organization who registered and submitted the application. You warrant that the appropriate officers, executives, managers, or other persons who have the authority to approve participation in this competition have approved Your Entry and You understand that these terms will be binding on both You and your Entity. Furthermore, You understand that if You enter without obtaining the appropriate approval, ASPR may, in its sole discretion, disqualify your Entry. Finally, if an entity is selected to receive an award, an officer or person entitled to bind the entity will be required to validate that You are entitled to receive the award on the behalf of the entity and the officer or person entitled to bind the entity must provide the appropriate information for payment of the award.

Treatment and Use of Intellectual Property

• Solutions will be provided to the Government under unlimited rights as specified in clause FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data--General (May 2014) and as modified by NFS 1852.227-14, Rights in Data--General (April 2015). Unlimited rights means the rights for the Government to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly on the web or elsewhere, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so.
  By accepting award funding as a prize winner, your entity agrees to Unlimited Rights for any work conducted from this award that shall be substantially the same as FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data--General (May 2014) and as modified by NFS 1852.227-14, Rights in Data--General (April 2015), https://www.acquisition.gov/far/, which is hereby incorporated by reference with the following modifications.  
  
• “Winner” refers to any entrant that receives prize funding for their participation in this competition.

Participant Agreements | Terms and Conditions

• Each Participant agrees to follow all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies.
• Each Participant participating in this challenge must comply with all terms and conditions of these rules, and participation in this challenge constitutes each such Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to abide by these rules. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements herein.
• Participants may participate in this challenge either in an individual capacity, or as part of a team, or on behalf of an entity. Participants may not participate in this challenge in more than one capacity (either as an Individual, as part of a Team, or on behalf of an Entity) simultaneously.