Why doesn't U.S participiate in PLANCKS contest

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The discussion centers around the lack of U.S. participation in the PLANCKS contest, exploring reasons for this absence and potential solutions to increase awareness and involvement among U.S. students. The scope includes conceptual understanding of the competition's visibility and funding challenges.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants note that the U.S. did not participate in PLANCKS last year and express concern about the competition's visibility in the U.S.
  • A participant shares a response from the organizing committee indicating that the competition is not well-known in the U.S. and that funding issues have hindered participation.
  • There is a suggestion that increased promotion and awareness could help U.S. teams participate in future contests.
  • One participant proposes using social media strategies, such as spamming hashtags, to raise awareness about the competition.

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Participants generally agree that the lack of awareness and funding are significant barriers to U.S. participation in PLANCKS, but there is no consensus on the best approach to address these issues.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include the dependence on the competition's promotion efforts and the unresolved nature of funding challenges for potential participants.

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http://plancks.info/contest/sample-exercises

http://leiden.plancks.info/

Countries currently participating, it seems like a great opportunity and I'm sure some top universities from the states could fund students to go.(who would love to go also)

They didn't participate last year either.
http://2014.plancks.info/
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Send them a message and tell us what they said
http://plancks.info/contact
They got back to me really fast like within hours

"I think the reason why the U.S. is not (yet) participating in PLANCKS is because the competition is not well-known in the States. As PLANCKS 2015 is only the second edition of PLANCKS the promotion is still going on with the hope to reach all the physics students in the world. We did however get in contact with some U.S students and a team registered for PLANCKS 2015. Unfortunately, due to lack of funding they weren't able to participate.
I hope in the future U.S. teams get enough funding and will be able to participate and/or host PLANCKS.

Best Regards,
On behalf of the organizing committee of PLANCKS 2015,
Irene Haasnoot
President"

I guess the word needs to get out more on this great opportunity
 
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Loststudent22 said:
I guess the word needs to get out more on this great opportunity
Thanks for looking into it. Let's get the word out!
 
We need to spam hashtags, that always works!
 
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