Challenges, Contests, Awards - SkipsoLabs Weekly Digest February 2013

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Challenges, Contests and Awards

February 2013

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February Submission Deadline10new challenges, contests and awards Category Breakdown:5 University Challenges4 Corporate Challenges1 Non-for-profit Challenge


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Florida Atlantic University (FAU)

Teams participating in the competition have the opportunity to meet and network with experiencedventure capital principals, early stage angel investors, successful entrepreneurs, and seniorbusiness leaders who will serve as judges for the competition.

There are two categories for teams to compete: FAU Student Track venture teams comprised solely of FAU students. Entrepreneur Track venture teams comprised of students from other colleges/universities and

members of the business community or any combination thereof. Teams will compete for cash prize money, legal and business services, office space at FAUs

Research Park Authority.

2013 FAU Business Plan Competition

Grant Type:University Challenge Awards:$150,000 Geographic Focus: Florida / US Deadline: 17th February 2013

http://business.fau.edu/centers/adams-center/business-plan-competition/

index.aspx#.URjwLB0z2OU/


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Rice University

The Rice Business Plan Competition is for teams who are seeking to launch their new venturesand can benefit from funding, coaching, mentoring, and connections with more than 250 venturecapitalists, angel investors, and other entrepreneurial leaders.

The competition is designed to give collegiate entrepreneurs a real-world experience to fine tunetheir business plans and elevator pitches to generate funding to successfully commercialize theirproduct.

Rice Business Plan Competition 2013

Grant Type:University Challenge Awards:$1,000,000 + in cash and investment prizes Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 18th February 2013

http://alliance.rice.edu/rbpc.aspx


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Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)

Ventura is a Flagship event of Technex'13 and is one of the Biggest B-Plan competition in Indiawhich provides a platform to upcoming Entrepreneurs to get in investing and funding.

Ventura is designed to Encourage Innovation & Cultivate the spirit of Entrepreneurship among theCollege Students in the country. Based on exquisite professionalism, VENTURA provides you an

opportunity to showcase your business plan in front of an elite judging panel, venture capitalistand Angel Investors from TIE(The Indus Entrepreneurs), renowned to help innovate ideas turninto real business.

Ventura Technex13

Grant Type:University Challenge Awards:INR 50,000. Geographic Focus: India Deadline: 20th February 2013

http://www.technex.in/#events/ventura//


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UC Berkeleys - Haas School of Business

Global Social Venture Competition is the world's preeminent social business plan competitionproviding aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, and $50,000 in prize money totransform their business ideas into positive real-world impact.The GSVC occurs over three rounds.The top two teams from each Regional Semi-Final Round will be selected to compete in April2013 at the Global Finals at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.Winner are announced at the culmination of the global finals and prizes are awarded as follows:

1st place: $25 000 2nd place: $10 000 3rd place: $5 000

The remaining $10 000 will be distributed through a People's Choice award and special awards.The submission deadlines differ between regions.

GLOBAL SOCIAL VENTURE COMPETITION 2013

Type: University Challenge Awards :$50,000 Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 22nd February 2013

http://www.gsvc.org/compete_in_GSVC/calendar/


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University of Texas at Austin

The Venture Labs Investment Competition (VLIC) is designed to mimic the real-world process ofraising venture capital.The competition allows graduate students to gain real experience while developing and growingnew ventures based either on their own ideas and technologies, or those developed by others.

Participation in the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition requires winning one of thefollowing participating competitions or an invitation from our open application process. The datesand contact information for these competitions are listed on our website.

Global Venture Labs Investment Competition 2013

Grant Type:University Challenge Awards:$135,000 Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 22nd February 2013

http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/Venture-Labs-Investment-Competition/2013-Global-Competition.aspx


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Desall

"Injection Design Award - Product Design" aims to identify an original interpretation and advancedrepresentation of a desk pad that adopts the innovative technology One Shot in the productionprocess.

The "Injection Design Award" is a four-step design contest. In the first phase we were looking fornew ideas and concepts of accessories for the office.Participation is free of charge and is opened to designers, creatives and groups of all ages andnationalities.

Injection Design Award - Product Design 2013

Grant Type:Corporate Challenge Awards : 1250 Geographic Focus: World Deadline: 20th February 2013

http://www.desall.com/


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MIT CLEAN ENERGY PRIZE

Grant Type:Corporate Challenge Awards:$ 300,000 Geographic Focus: USA Deadline: 27th February 2013

http://cep.mit.edu/

MIT Entrepreneurship Center

The MIT Clean Energy Prizes mission is to be the catalyst for a unified competition to helpdevelop a new generation of energy entrepreneurs and great new companies.This will be achieved by working to stimulate productive relationships between academic,

community, industry, and government organizations with strong interests in meeting the worldsenergy challenge through innovation and entrepreneurship.


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Amateur

The competition is open to all amateur photographers and each month's round follows a distincttheme. After the closing date of each round, the entries are narrowed down to a shortlist of 50,then the top 30, and finally the top three. Points are awarded to each image for creativity,technical excellence and how well the image fulfils the brief. Judges are looking for original,imaginative and well-executed pictures that explore the theme in an exciting way. The names ofthe top 50 photographers from each round appear on our website, along with the images from thetop 30. The top 30 images are also published in the magazine at the end of the month. After theten rounds, the person with the most points accumulated over all the rounds will be crowned

Amateur Photographer of the Year 2013.

Portraits in Artificial Light APOY

Grant Type: Corporate Challenge Awards: 30,000 Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 28th February 2013http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/apoy/539413/amateur-photographer-of-

the-year-2013/


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The GradIreland National Student Challenge gives you the chance to see how you compare tostudents from across Irelands top Universities. It is free to enter, it is all online and will only take40 minutes of your time.The Top 80 students on the leaderboard will be invited to take part in the Final Day Event. There

they will be put through seven physical and mental Challenges set by our employer partnerswhich will determine the winner of the Challenge - further details on the Final Day Challenges willbe unveiled as we approach the close of the online element!

GradIreland National Student Challenge 2013

Grant Type: Corporate Challenge Awards:Internship and 1,700 Geographic Focus: Ireland Deadline: 28th February 2013

http://challenge.gradireland.com/

GradIreland


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Challenge Future

Challenge Futures mission is to actively engage global youth and accelerate ideas, talent,leadership and innovation for a better, sustainable futureYou can compete in one or all three competitions below. You can create a team in eachcompetition. To start, pick one and create a team!

1. Make it work: How can Youth fight youth employment?2. The Future of work: Competitiveness of Eastern Europe?3. My dream job: How to create the perfect education for your future?

Challenge Future Competitions 2013

Grant Type:NFP Challenge Awards:Internship and 3,000 Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 18th February 2013

http://challengefuture.org/competition/


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