The technology giant announced Tuesday morning that will hold a virtual science fair, inviting 13- to 18-year-olds to work alone or in groups of two to solve present-day problems.

1) RECRUITING: The competition offers Google a chance to tab its next generation of engineers and problem-solvers by having the "brightest, best young scientists from around the world submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today."

2) DISTRIBUTION: The science fair gets young adults using Google services such as Google Documents and YouTube. A Google account is required to enter the fair, and there's a whole page dedicated to explaining how to integrate various services into the project.

3) PHILANTHROPY: The fair offers the company a chance to give back to the community in the form of scholarships to the winners and an opportunity to intern at one of several organizations, including Google, CERN and Lego.

Submissions are due April 4. The projects will be judged by a panel of teachers during a month-long period. The panel will choose 60 semi-finalists. Those 60 will be posted online, so the world can vote for a "People's Choice Award."

Meanwhile, the panel will narrow the pool of 60 down to 15 finalists to be announced in late May. That group will be flown to Google headquarters for final judgement on July 11. A finalist winner will be selected from each of the three age categories: 13-14, 15-16, 17-18. One of the winners will be named the Grand Prize Winner.

Teachers can also request a packet from Google explaining how they can get their whole class involved with the digital science fair.

The time length of the promo videos for the fair suggests that Google will buy television ad slots to promote the event.

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