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The Entry Period
There are three main entry periods and additionally five micro periods that relates to nominations.
The earlier you join the competition, the less the nomination fees but the more you have to wait for learning your results. Early entry period is between April 1st to June 30th of each year, Regular Entry period is from July 1st to September 30th of each year and the Late Entry is between October 1st to February 28th of each year. Last and Omega periods are not suggested for any participant as the fees would be significantly higher, while Special periods such as the First Bird, Earliest Bird or Mid-Season Days could provide great discounts. Here, we have a detailed calendar for the competition and the special periods are explained in the campaigns page.
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Please choose the date of entry. If you wish to know the fees for nominating right now, choose "Now".
Further Information
To remind you, you have selected the Academic Account Type and Preliminary Score (2) general details about this account type and the Preliminary Score (2) are as given below:
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| About the Preliminary Score (2): A preliminary score of (2) corresponds to an expected Participant award status: If nominated, your design is unlikely to win a A' Design Award, less likely to become a Runner-Up and more likely to receive Participant status. Please learn more about what the Preliminary Score means. To remind you this score is not guaranteed or promised and actual jury voting could be significantly different. |
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Academic Account: Designed for Academics in mind, this account type allows individual scholars to join the competition with lowest fees as well as provides opportunity for further involvement.
 Good to Know: You could potentially join for free, using this account type. Especially Design Award Scholarship & Design Ambassador programs as well as Blog about A' Design Award & Blog about A' Design Award Winners programs can help you earn a free Digital or Professional nomination ticket. |
Eligibility Conditions: A Single individual, representing or taking part in the competition on behalf of a private or public academic organization or an institute of education where scientific method is followed to teach natural or social sciences, design, technology, architecture or any other disciplines or studies. The academic institution must be legally registered or accredited by government. You will be asked to provide a license and approval by your institution. Universities as well as specialized or technical schools are eligible as long as it is a high institution teaching individuals. Choose this option if you represent an academic organization or if you are a staff of an academic institution and taking part in the accolade on behalf of your institution.
Restrictions : Can use academic institution name for yearbook, certificates, exhibition posters, design rankings, screen presentations or profile details. Cannot use brand name for gala-badges. Must use institutional electronic mail address for registration. Cannot use multiple names: can provide up to (1) entity name for yearbook, certificates, exhibition posters, gala-badges or screen presentations, the entity names could be that of the academic institution. Only one (1) entity name is allowed for designer rankings and profile details. Institution registration number, value added tax number or corporate identification number must be provided for invoices. Maximum Team Size - number of designers that could be listed as team members at team members section of design details is zero (0) i.e. cannot list any number of entities for the team members section of designs, including the account owner; team members section must be left blank; if you have team members you need to choose Academic Collaboration account type.
Clarifications: Academic Account type is not suitable for undergraduate students of academic institutions; undergraduates should use Young account type, on the other hand graduate students are eligible for Academic Account type. Group of academics should use Academic Collaboration Account type, especially when the number of team members for the projects are higher than or equal to one (1) person. Do not choose this account type if you intend to take part in the competition with your personal or commercial projects; this very special account type is reserved for academics to nominate their institutional and academic works and not intended for scholars who wish to submit other works such as designs they have created for third-parties and/or for themselves. If you are an academic but wish to nominate your own non-acdemia related projects, you shall choose Professional account type. Do not choose this account type solely on the basis if you created a work for an academic institution; you must also be an academic working in the institution for which you created the work for; companies designing for academia should choose Enterprise, Agency or Startup account type instead of Academic account type, likewise professionals designing for academic institutions, as a professional, should choose Professional Account type instead. In the end of the year, we will verify if you are indeed an academic by checking your registered e-mail and your current status at your faculty or department to see if you are actively listed; please use Professional Account Type if you are not actively taking part in an academic institution such as a lecturer, professor or dean.
