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 ====== MAKE FOR EDU - Requirements and evaluation criterias ====== ====== MAKE FOR EDU - Requirements and evaluation criterias ======
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 +This document is providing information regarding the evaluation criteria used by the MAKE committee to select [[https://make.epfl.ch/project-categories/make-for-edu|MAKE for EDU projects.]] It also provides information on the financial support projects are elligible to request based on different criteria.
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 +===== How to submit a project proposal? =====
 +Everything about the selection process is documented here [[public:make_submission_process:make_for_edu|MAKE - submission process]] including all the important documents. This [[public:make_submission_process:make_deadlines|page is summarizing all the important deadlines to keep in mind.]] 
  
 ===== Evaluation criterias ===== ===== Evaluation criterias =====
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 **//Project related criteria’s//** **//Project related criteria’s//**
  
-  * (mandatory) A good supervision by an EPFL Professor and a coordinator (EPFL employee) in charge, as well as multiple partner laboratories  +  * (mandatory) An EPFL Professor taking in charge the project (see [[public:make_submission_process:make_for_edu_roles| roles and responsability]] for more information) 
-  * The project feasibility: long term objectives are challenging but realistic and in line with EPFL pedagogical objectives and scientific disciplines. Interdisciplinary projects are aiming to last at least 3 years. +  * A coordinator (EPFL employee ideally under the responsility of the Professor in charge) to coordinate the project and follow up regaularly with students and stakeholders around the project. 
-  * The prototype to build is challenging and requiring multiple backgrounds but it is still realistic with the existing EPFL [[https://make.epfl.ch/resources |resources and prototyping network ]]+  * The project feasibility: long term objectives are challenging but realistic and in line with EPFL pedagogical objectives and scientific disciplines. MAKE for EDU projects are aiming to last at least 3 years. 
 +  * The prototype to build is challenging and requiring multiple backgrounds but it is still realistic with the existing EPFL [[https://make.epfl.ch/resources |resources and infrastructures ]]
   * The budget (including sponsors) is realistic for the objectives set   * The budget (including sponsors) is realistic for the objectives set
-  * Risks (financial, accident, EPFL image, etc.) shall be identified and mitigated properly+  * Risks (financial, safety/accident, EPFL image/reputational, etc.) shall be identified and mitigated properly, in particular if activities outside of the EPFL campus are planned
  
 **//Pedagogical criteria’s//** **//Pedagogical criteria’s//**
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   * **Interdisciplinarity**: favoring interdisciplinarity by allowing students from different backgrounds to contribute to the project. The prototype(s) to be produced must be complex enough to push students to make compromises between disciplines.    * **Interdisciplinarity**: favoring interdisciplinarity by allowing students from different backgrounds to contribute to the project. The prototype(s) to be produced must be complex enough to push students to make compromises between disciplines. 
   * **Transversal skills**: the project must allow transversal skills development (group/human management, project management, knowledge management etc..).    * **Transversal skills**: the project must allow transversal skills development (group/human management, project management, knowledge management etc..). 
-  * **Sustainability**: The project must, as far as possible, lead students to consider the dimension of sustainability in their project. Ideally the students should develop a systemic approach in evaluating the impact of their developments or the solutions they propose.+  * **Sustainability**: MAKE for EDU projects are not expecting to tackle a specific sustainable issue but they are required to raise awareness about sustainability in the technological field related to the project. For instance, participants of the [[https://make.epfl.ch/projects/epfl-racing-team|EPFL Racing team]] project must be aware of the impact of the car industry. 
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 +As there are multiple criteria, it is important to clarify that a project will be evaluated in its globality. A project can be very strong regarding a given criteria and less developed in another.  
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 +The strategic and operational committees will evaluate the global picture of every project in their selection process. 
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 +===== How much funding can we request for our project ? ===== 
 +One of the important objective of MAKE for EDU projects is to put in practice the theory seen in courses, the MAKE committee decided to provide a few metrics to guide projects regarding the financial support they are elligible to request. 
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 +In the futur, the expectations from the MAKE committee in terms of ECTS credits and number of students is likely to increase for [[https://make.epfl.ch/project-categories/make-for-edu|MAKE for EDU projects.]] 
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 +The figure here under is providing two examples of MAKE for EDU projects and their respective funding requests they could be elligible for. **A maximum of 1000chf.- /student participants (cap at 40'000 chf.- max/project) and a minimum number of 2.5 ECTS credit/1000 chf.- that can be guaranted) will be requested by the MAKE committee starting 2027-2028.**  
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 +The other criteria that are taken into account: 
 +  * the complexity and budget of the prototype to develop 
 +  * the quality of past years prototypes (before asking the maximum budget, it is recommanded to start with a simpler prototype requiring a smaller budget and iterate year to year) 
 +  * the number of project proposals received will also be taken into account by the committee 
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 +<WRAP center round important 60%> 
 +The number of ECTS credits and the number of student participants will not be an eliminatory criteria for the academic year 2026-2027. It will become mandatory starting in 2027-2028. 
 +</WRAP> 
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 +Here under you can find two examples of project requesting different budget depending on different criteria. 
  
-A given project can be very strong regarding a given criteria and less developed in another. For instance, a given project could be strongly focusing on sustainability but not as interdisciplinary as other projects. None of these criteria are eliminatory (except the very first one) and this list aims at providing the project with a direction/goal, but it is not expected to excel in every criterion. Time management of students is also to consider as the workload on the side of classical courses is very high in MAKE projects.+{{:public:make_submission_process:capture_d_ecran_2026-04-13_115142.jpg?direct|}}
  
-The strategic and operational committees will evaluate the global picture of every project to make their decisions. 
  
-===== How much funding can we request for ou project ? =====+===== MAKE for EDU or MAKE for SOCIETY ? =====
  
-{{:public:make_submission_process:make_for_edu.jpg?direct&1400|}}+Another project category is elligible for funding, [[https://make.epfl.ch/project-categories/make-for-society|MAKE for Society projects]]. The table here under is making a comparison between both categories of MAKE projects and their criteria for comparison:
  
 +{{:public:make_submission_process:capture_d_ecran_2026-04-13_115201.jpg?direct|}}
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