The Final round and announcement of the winner of the 4th Annual National Invitational Public Policy Challenge, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government, will be held March 22 at the National Constitution Center. 

WHAT:           Final round and announcement of winner of the 4th Annual National Invitational Public Policy Challenge competition

WHO:             Four finalists selected from student-led teams from 11 institutions: the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, the University of Washington, the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon   University, the University of Minnesota, Georgetown University, New York University, the University of Georgia, Columbia University and Brown University will take part in the competition.

WHERE:          National Constitution Center,Kirby Auditorium, 525 Arch St., Philadelphia 

WHEN:           Sunday, March 22, 2015, 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

On Sunday, March 22, a panel of judges selected from Governing’s Public Officials of the Year will judge proposals from interdisciplinary teams of college students competing for a top prize of $10,000 at the 4th Annual National Invitational Public Policy Challenge.

The proposals offer new solutions to  address a broad-range of policy issues facing local governments. Descriptions of each teams' proposals are at http://www.fels.upenn.edu/event/2015-national-invitational-public-policy-challenge.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration and other information is available at http://www.fels.upenn.edu/event/2015-national-invitational-public-policy-challenge or by contacting thechallenge@sas.upenn.edu.