Are there any special requirements to participate in the Challenge?

All team members must be persons who are legal U.S. residents (or international students attending a Western New York high school, college, or university), and one member of each team must either be a resident of Western New York or a student at a Western New York high school, college, or university. For the purposes of this Challenge, Western New York includes: Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Allegany, Monroe, and Livingston counties.

If selected as the winner, at least one member of the team must be available to attend the Grand Finale Prize Announcement on Thursday, June 4th, 2020 (or alternate date).

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1. How is COVID-19 affecting the Civic Innovation Challenge? Has the submission deadline been pushed back?
2. What is Mayor Byron W. Brown's Civic Innovation Challenge Powered by AT&T?
3. Who organized this Challenge?
4. What can I win?
5. When will the Challenge take place?
6. How is the prize awarded? How is my project going to be judged?
7. How do we submit an entry?
8. Why is the Challenge happening?
9. When and how will winners be notified?
10. Are there any special requirements to participate in the Challenge?
11. How can I help spread the word about the Challenge?
12. What is Open Data Buffalo?
13. Why is AT&T involved?