[Social Innovation]: Calling All Innovators! Big Ideas has Launched for Duke students!

 

Calling All Innovators!

Big Ideas Contest has Launched for Duke students

The 2016-17 Big Ideas Contest Has Launched!

Big Ideas is an innovation contest that provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students who have creative solutions to address important social challenges. Since its founding in 2006, the competition has inspired over 1,300 student-led projects aimed at solving the world's most pressing problems. Please share this announcement with any students that may be interested in participating!

Universities in US Agency for International Development’s Higher Education Solutions Network (College of William and Mary, Duke University, Makerere University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University, University of California, Berkeley) are eligible to compete in the following 5 categories:

 

Students receive:

  • Chance to win up to $18,000

  • Extensive feedback from judges

  • Access to proposal writing, budgeting, and skills development workshops

  • Networking opportunities

  • Exposure to topic area experts

  • 6-week mentorship period for finalist teams

3 page pre-proposal submissions due November 16, 12pm PT
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Learn more: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/
Questions? bigideas@berkeley.edu