Voting

1. Voting begins when the Evidence Madness bracket is published on November 20 before 3 p.m.  ET.
2. Participants must be registered on the Polyplexus platform in order to vote.
3. First two rounds of voting are open for 3 days each, ending at midnight ET on the 3rd day.
4. Next two rounds of voting are open for 2 days each, ending at midnight ET on the 2nd day.
5. Final round of voting is open for 24 hours, ending at midnight ET.
6. One vote per matchup per participant in each round.
7. Voting should reflect the voter’s opinion of the quality of the evidence statement, the quality of the justification, and the likelihood that this evidence will foment a new, transformative industry by 2040.
8. Voters are encouraged to add additional comments and evidence to influence voting.
9. In each matchup the Evidence µPub with the most votes advances to the next round.
10. Voting then begins for the next round.

Winning

Evidence µPubs

1. In the final round, the Evidence µPub with the most votes wins first place and $2,040 for its submitter.
2. The Evidence µPub with second most votes wins second place and $1,000 for its submitter.
3. Third and fourth semi-finalists both win $500 for their submitters.

Individual Participants

1. Individual with the most winning selections across the full bracket of 64 wins $1,000.
2. Second most winning selections wins $750.
3. Third most winning selections wins $500.
4. Fourth most winning pairs wins $250.
5. Fifth – 10^th place wins $200.
6. Ties at any position divide the pot for that position.
7. Evidence Madness T-shirts will be awarded to all those whose submissions make up the brackets.

P.S.

Hey, this is our first madness event – we can’t see the future. So the Polyplexus team reserves the right to fix issues that arise during this competition in the spirit of the contest and rules above. We will be as fair as we can be.

P.P.S.

We solemnly promise no employees or family members or friends will be winners.

P.P.P.S.

Anyone who claims victory before the votes are counted will be disqualified.

Evidence Submission

1. Participants must be registered on the Polyplexus platform in order to submit.
2. Create an Evidence µPub from a paper published in the last 5 years, with the DOI or preprint server link.
3. Select the Domain Division – Physics (including solid state), Chemistry (including materials), Computer Science (software and hardware), and Life Sciences – and submit to the submission tab.
4. Add a comment to your Evidence µPub that describes why you feel this evidence is seminal and likely to lead to a new, transformative industry by 2040.
5. Create a short title that will appear in the bracket box to describe your evidence
6. The Evidence µPub plus the title and comment officially qualifies your entry.
7. Submissions will be evaluated based on first-come, first-considered basis and the quality of Evidence statement/justification comment.
8. If your submission is accepted, you are eligible for the prize money.
9. One submission per participant; Each domain bracket will initially include 16 submissions, for a total of 64.
10. Bracket seeding will be randomly generated from the qualified submissions.
11. Submission period begins on November 17 and ends on November 20. 
12. Qualified Evidence µPub submissions in each domain bracket will appear simultaneously at the close of the submission period, filling out the brackets.