marks a required field. The completeness gate names every requirement that is still outstanding, in words — you are never left to work it out from the colour of an asterisk.
Access to all submitted applications, executive summaries, and presentation materials will be given to the TAP Committee of Delta Mu Mu Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. (DMM), Oglethorpe University staff and professors, and the competition judges.
Participants should exercise care regarding disclosing information concerning proprietary concepts. Neither DMM, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., nor Oglethorpe University takes ownership of an idea or plan solely through the application or participation in TAP. Likewise, neither DMM, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., nor Oglethorpe University ensures confidentiality or nondisclosure conditions for any information submitted or presented in the TAP competition. As an applicant and potential participant, you are responsible for protecting any information concerning your plan and sharing it with DMM, Oglethorpe University, advisors, other competition participants, and Pitch attendees.
All judges are asked to keep confidential any technical or business information they learn when reviewing executive summaries and Pitches submitted and presented by participating teams. However, as mentioned, all information presented at TAP is not considered confidential.
By applying and participating in TAP, you are granting DMM, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Oglethorpe University the right to use participants' identities and the short descriptions of the business/concept disclosed in the application for marketing and public relations purposes, as with any official photographs taken by DMM/Oglethorpe University photographers during the TAP competition.
Before submitting the team’s executive summary, DMM and Oglethorpe University encourage participants to confirm with appropriate advisors, parents/guardians, and/or legal counsel that any intellectual property described in their summary and presentation is protected by the applicable intellectual property filings, notices (patent, copyright, etc.) from the owning party or individuals.
The ideas and concepts submitted by each team/venture should be the team's original work. The team is not under any agreement or restrictions prohibiting disclosing their ideas or plans in the TAP competition.
All participants acknowledge and agree that they are solely responsible for any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with their participation in TAP. Such costs and expenses may include, but are not limited to, travel, meals, research, printed materials, and any other out-of-pocket expenses.
DMM, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., its affiliates, and Oglethorpe University shall not be liable for any costs incurred by participants and expressly disclaims any and all liability for damages, loss, or injury arising from or relating to a team’s participation, including any financial loss resulting from unreimbursed expenses.
DMM and Oglethorpe University reserve the right to disqualify a team at any point in the application, selection, submission, or judging process if the team does not meet any of the rules at the sole judgment and discretion of DMM and/or Oglethorpe University. In our sole discretion, DMM and Oglethorpe University also reserve the right to eject or ban any TAP participant or team who behaves in an inappropriate or offensive manner.
I have read the above “TERMS & CONDITIONS” and the information package in their entirety before registering with TAP. If I register for TAP, then my registration shall be deemed to be my acceptance of these rules and regulations detailed in the information package and the associated Terms and Conditions and shall be deemed my signature and agreement on behalf of the venture. If I am under 18 years of age, then my registration shall be deemed to have the consent and permission of my parent or guardian and shall be deemed to be the signature and agreement of such parent or guardian.
We collect what is needed to judge the competition. We do not sell it, and we do not send you marketing.
What we collect. Your name, college, grade, email, mobile number and role, and the same for every team member along with their expected graduation year and school email. Your venture's name, description, impact statement, start date, stage, target community and customer. The signature you draw above — kept as an image — with your printed name and the date. Your Executive Summary PDF, and, if you are selected, your final summary and pitch deck. If the venture lead is under 18, a parent or guardian's name, email and phone.
Who sees it. The TAP committee and its reviewers, the judges for teams selected as finalists, and Oglethorpe University staff and professors. As the Terms above say plainly, submissions are not treated as confidential — read that section before you send anything you would not want discussed.
Where it is kept. In a private store. There is no public web address for any of it: your PDF, deck and signature can only be opened by someone signed in to the committee's system, or through a temporary link that expires within minutes. If you press Save draft, that copy and your resume link stay in this browser only — the committee never sees them.
How long we keep it. Through the 2026 competition and for twelve months afterwards, because a student may only be on one team per cycle and the committee reports on the programme once it is over. After that, applications and files from teams that were not finalists are deleted.
Getting it removed. Write to omegadmmtap@gmail.com from the email address on your application and ask. Asking to be removed before 5 October withdraws your application.
We do not sell your information and we do not use it for marketing beyond the use of participants' names and short venture descriptions that the Terms above describe.