| Opportunity | Description | Deadline | Students Only |
|---|---|---|---|
| GlobalVenture Challenge 2010 |
Global Venture Challenge brings together the innovative ideas of graduate student teams to compete for cash prizes for addressing the world's future needs in energy and security.
Go to the competition [ website ] |
March 24-26, 2010 | Yes |
| Dell Social Innovation Competition | Do you have what it takes? It starts with an idea to make the world a better place.
In universities around the world, students like you explore countless ideas every day, including solutions to tackle social problems — and help people in need reach their fullest potential. If you have a world-changing idea, the University of Texas and Dell want you to share it by entering The Dell Social Innovation Competition.
Go to the competition [ website ] |
First round March 1, 2010 23:00 UTC | Yes |
| The 3rd annual Lakeshore’s Next Top Entrepreneur competition | The Lakeshore’s Next Entrepreneur is a competition seeking out the college student with the most potential to succeed in the entrepreneurial workforce of the future. Contestants will get the opportunity to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of judges for cash prizes.
WHAT: The 3rd annual Lakeshore’s Next Top Entrepreneur competition WHO: All College Students WHEN: November 20, 2009 12:00 to 5:00 WHERE: Martha Miller Center, 257 Columbia Avenue, Holland MI Download [ Application Form ] |
November 20, 2009 12:00 to 5:00 | Yes |
| NCIIA Course and Program Grants |
* Award amounts: $2,000 to $50,000
* Grant period: one to three years * Who may apply: Faculty from NCIIA member institutions * Program guidelines and frequently asked questions * Previously funded grants Course and Program grants are awarded to strengthen existing curricular programs or build new courses and programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with an increasing emphasis on environmental and social entrepreneurship. Successful proposals present creative pedagogical approaches that generate and deploy student E-Teams, bringing real-life applications into the classroom setting and beyond. An E-Team is a mulitdisciplinary group of faculty, students, and industry mentors working together to bring a product or technology to market. The "E" stands for excellence and entrepreneurship. Go to [ NCIIA website ] |
Next Deadlines: December 4, 2009 & May 7, 2010 | No |
| 1,000 Pitches Competition | 1,000 Pitches is a campus-wide entrepreneurship competition where students at the University of Michigan can pitch their ideas for new inventions, businesses, and non-profit organizations. The winning pitches in each category will receive $1,000. Kick-off starts September 18, 2009.
Go to [ 1000pitches.com ] |
You must submit pitches by November 20th 2009. | Yes |
| Zell Lurie Dare to Dream Grants | Dare to Dream is a grant program that encourages students to move through the business creation process by offering business development seminars and $500 - $10,000 in funding. Within the program, students meet deadlines to produce deliverables that guide them through the business development path that includes shaping opportunities, formulating and assessing potential businesses, and planning and launching these businesses.
Go to [ ZLI Dare to Dream website ] |
The deadline for Dare to Dream Applications for the winter cycle is Friday, January 29 @ 8:00 am. | Yes |
| 2010 UM Bay Area Entrepreneurship Trip | Win a chance to visit the Bay Area with a group of students and faculty. Visit Google campus, speak with alumni entrepreneurs and see why Silicon Valley is successful. The top 50 students with 3 minute pitches will be selected to come.
Since 2007, the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship has sponsored an annual Bay Area trip for U-M students and faculty, connecting them with Michigan alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The next trip will be held March 3rd-5th, 2010. | January 8th, 2010 at 5pm | Yes |
| Michigan Toy Competition | This competition is designed to provide an interdisciplinary effort for students to create and design new toys. This competition is brought to you by the generous support by Joshua Pokempner of Giddy-Up and the Center for Entrepreneurship. The total award disseminated is $5,000. The winner will be awarded $2,500. There will be one second place award of $1,000 and three third place awards of $500.
Go to [ Michigan Toy Competition ] |
Teams must include at least two students who are enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Michigan in Fall 2009. Projects must be completed by November 2009. | Yes |
| Alternative Energy Competition | This competition is designed to encourage students to create cost effective alternative energy solutions that are scalable to all income levels, in the U.S. and beyond. Currently, most alternative energy solutions available in the market are not affordable to individuals in the median to low income range. The task is to develop affordable alternative energy solutions by learning from innovative approaches used in developing countries.
Go to [ Alternative Energy Competition website ] |
October 16, 2009 - Proposal Submission Date
December 7, 2009 - Prototype Deadline December 11, 2009 - Final Decision |
Yes |
| The 3rd annual Lakeshore’s Next Top Entrepreneur competition | The Lakeshore’s Next Entrepreneur is a competition seeking out the college student with the most potential to succeed in the entrepreneurial workforce of the future. Contestants will get the opportunity to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of judges for cash prizes.
GRAND PRIZE $1,000 Second place &Third place cash prizes to be announced Plus a package of additional prizes to help the winner further develop his or her idea! Download [ the competition information flyer ] |
Application deadline November 20, 2009 | No |
| The Next 2010: Writing Competition | NextBillion.net is pleased to announce The Next: 2010 Case Writing Competition. The case writing competition is open to
students and faculty members at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The hope of this competition is to engage students
and faculty on campuses all over the world in the emerging field
of social ventures. Case submissions must be on a social venture (e.g., VisionSpring) or a relevant base of the pyramid topic (e.g., the role of subsidies
in social ventures). A social venture is broadly defined as a business enterprise that targets a poor population to sell and/or source its
goods or services. The venture must have a specific social objective and seek long-term self-financing.
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January 15, 2010: intent to compete form due
April 30, 2010: cases due |
No |
| Global Innovation Tournament | Put on by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University, the Global Innovation Tournament is a fast-paced competition in which student teams have just a few days to create as much value as possible from a mystery object or challenge. They must then convey their results in a short YouTube video. Tournament host organizations (such as you) select their respective local winners and submit them to Stanford for global judging. Winners are featured online on the Global Entprepreneurship Week website and receive a certificate of recognition from Stanford. It’s very simple and costs virtually nothing to organize. All you really have to do is get the students excited and put them to work! This experiential learning exercise will teach them entrepreneurial thinking skills such as how to innovate; form and work in teams; lever age limited resources; challenge assumptions; create value from nothing; and define and communicate results. This competition is an official activity of Global Entrepreneurship Week. |
Nov 13, 2009 | No |
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