Esri offers 'inexpensive' student pricing, $100 a year: ArcGIS for Student Use Pricing | Add License to ArcGIS. Per the list, the Esri training library is included, which will help you develop a dashboard, such as 'Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS: An Introduction.' There are sites out there with the data feeds to help build your dashboard. Also, look into developing a story map to help tell your story -- Good Luck!
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