Participation and Application Rules

The following information pertains specifically to the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program and attendance at the 2018 ASRT Educational Symposium and Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting , June 21-24, in Las Vegas.

1. Application acceptance begins Aug. 19, 2017, at midnight Mountain time and ends Dec. 19, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. Mountain time. All entries must be received by the ASRT prior to the end date and time. This contest is only open to participants who submit original essays that they have personally created or those who have been selected by their ASRT affiliate society. Submissions must be in English.
2. Each participant may submit only one entry. Up to two applicants per ASRT affiliate shall be selected as winners and notified in February 2018. It is the sole discretion of ASRT to accept or reject any submission. ASRT’s decisions as to the administration, methodology of the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program and the selection of the winners are final.
3. In exchange for acceptance as a participant in the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program, each recipient agrees to assign to ASRT, upon request, all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights in his/her winning essay to ASRT, 15000 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123.
4. Entry participants release ASRT and its directors, officers, partners, employees and agents from any and all liability with respect to participation in the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program and participation in, and travel to or from, the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program.
5. Participation in the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program may constitute income under applicable federal, state and local tax laws and winners shall be solely responsible for payment of any and all taxes that may be due with respect to the acceptance of the prize.
6. Being selected to participate in the 2018 Student Leadership Development Program is nontransferable and may not be redeemed or exchanged for cash or other alternative goods or services. If selected to participate, failure to attend the program may result in the participant being billed for costs incurred by ASRT.
7. By submitting an entry, participant agrees that he or she understands and will comply with the official rules and consent to ASRT’s use of the participant’s name, portrait (still and video), picture, voice, likeness and biographical information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consent, approval, consideration, compensation, permission or notification.
8. Original essays submitted with contest entry become the property of the ASRT and cannot be returned. The selected essays are not guaranteed to be used by ASRT in any particular way.
9. ASRT reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the program at its discretion.
10. Contest is not open to employees of the ASRT, employees’ immediate relatives, ASRT Editorial Review Board members, ASRT Board members or previous winners.
11. The 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program is subject to the laws of the United States of America and is void where prohibited by law.
12. The 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program is open only to ASRT student members who are 18 years of age or older and enrolled as a student in an accredited medical imaging or radiation therapy program at the time of submission.
13. Selection to participate in the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program includes complimentary round-trip airfare (must use All World Travel) valued at up to $1,000, a stay at a hotel selected by ASRT, meals provided as part of the program and a daily stipend at the current U.S. General Services Administration’s per diem rates for Las Vegas. Travel arrangements must be made no later than 30 days prior to the event. In the event that a winner lives in the Las Vegas area, or elects not to use the airfare component of the prize, the airfare component will be forfeited, and ASRT will provide no compensation or substitution for any difference in prize value.
14. By entering, each participant agrees to indemnify, release and hold harmless ASRT from and against any and all claims and causes of action of violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, arising from or relating to his or her participation in the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program.
15. The 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, territories and possessions and the District of Columbia.
16. If your affiliate society is selecting student participants, please contact the affiliate president for application and selection guidance, which may include additional criteria or an earlier timeline. 
    
    If ASRT is selecting for your affiliate, please complete the application and contact ASRT staff at sldp@asrt.org with any questions.

Application for the 2018 ASRT Student Leadership Development Program constitutes an agreement of these terms.