The official rules for the 2009 University Rover Challenge are currently being finalized, and should be released any day now.  The 2009 event will include four competition tasks: a Construction Task, an Emergency Navigation Task, an Extremophile Search Task, and a Surveying Task.

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The Challenge:
For the second year, teams of university students will design and build the next generation of Mars rovers.
June 5-7, 2008 the teams and their rovers will face off at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.

The Prize:
The winning team will win transportation, lodging and admission for 5 team members to the
11th Annual International Mars Society Convention in Boulder, CO August 14-17, 2008, and large cash prizes.

See the posts from the URC 2008 event here.

URC 2008 in the news:

Scientific American

The Space Review

Information Week