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James Dyson Award

Published on May 23, 2012 in Competitions, Current Students and Scholarships. 0 Comments

The James Dyson award is run by the James Dyson Foundation – the charitable arm of Dyson, which supports engineering education.  It’s the eighth year of the award, with James Dyson at the helm, and the Foundation is seeking entries.

The competition is for college-age students, many actually submit their final design projects.  There is a $16,000 cash prize for the winner, and the Foundation also gives $16,000 to the student’s university department.

Previous winners have tackled issues from energy, to transportation, to affordable prosthetic limbs and each found a unique way to answer a problem, big or small.

The submission process is quick and easy. Entrants submit footage, images and sketches to www.jamesdysonaward.org along with a brief synopsis detailing their design process and inspiration. The more creative the better. Their ideas will be evaluated by Dyson engineers, a panel of international design experts and ultimately James Dyson.  The winner will be announced November 8, 2012.

Entries close August 2 and the winner will be announced in November.  More on the award below and here: www.jamesdysonaward.org. Continue reading ‘James Dyson Award’

Collegiate Inventors Competition

Published on March 26, 2012 in Competitions, Current Students and Scholarships. 0 Comments

Collegiate Inventors Competition logoCollegiate Inventors Competition® Seeking inventive Entries From Students
Program recognizes students for their innovative work and awards cash prizes

North Canton, OH (February 6, 2012)—The Invent Now Collegiate Inventors Competition is now accepting entries for its 2012 Competition

For the past twenty-two years the Collegiate Inventors Competition has recognized and honored student inventors whose inventions could one day make significant contributions to society. This year over $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning undergraduate and graduate students and their advisors. Continue reading ‘Collegiate Inventors Competition’

2012 Business Plan Competition – Sign up today!

Published on March 12, 2012 in Competitions, Current Students and Scholarships. 0 Comments

Top Five Reasons Why You Should Enter the 2012 Business Plan Competition!

1. Networking that counts—all judges are entrepreneurs, VC and angel investors, attorneys, alumni, and professional service providers from the Seattle entrepreneurial community.
2. Teams receive skilled coaching and mentoring from judges to help get them ready for the competition and beyond.
3. All submissions will be read by 8–10 judges and every team will receive feedback which will be aggregated and returned via email.
4. Over $60,000 in seed funding is awarded to student teams. Win money to jump start your company!
5. Opportunity to apply for additional funding and coaching after the competition through the Herbert B. Jones Milestone Achievement Awards and Foster Accelerator. We have an additional $130k to award to teams after the competition. Teams will also receive expert coaching and mentorship as part of the program. Students graduating in June 2012 are encouraged to apply for this program.

Business Plan Competition Next Steps

March 12 | Intent to Submit | BPC Early Registration Deadline: If you’re thinking of entering the UW Business Plan Competition, please complete the online Intent to Submit form by 11:59 PM on Monday, March 12. This will ensure that you receive all the up-to-date information about the 2012 BPC! (Please note: the Intent to Submit is just basic information, not your executive summary.) Optional before March 12, but required before April 3. Form is available now. Continue reading ’2012 Business Plan Competition – Sign up today!’

UW Business Plan Competition (Deadline 4/3)

Published on March 5, 2012 in Competitions, Current Students and Scholarships. 0 Comments

If you’re trying to decide whether you should enter the UW Business Plan Competition, the answer is “yes!” If you have something you’re working on, the  best thing you can do is start talking to people, including potential customers, about your idea.

The UW Business Plan Competition is an awesome way to gain market validation by pitching your idea, gathering feedback, and reiterating. Eight to ten people read every submission to the competition and provide written feedback. Remember what Andy Sack said: “Ideas don’t equal opportunities.”  The only way to know if your idea holds water is to get it out of your head, down on paper, and out into the real world. What do you have to lose?

The submission to the competition is a 5-7 page executive summary and the deadline to enter is April 3. See example submissions and judging criteria on the UW Business Plan website.

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (Intent to Submit by 2/10)

Published on February 6, 2012 in Competitions and Current Students. 0 Comments

Wind turbine bladesInnovation in Clean-Tech + Market Opportunity =
Solutions for the Planet
March 29, 2012, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Intent to Submit due February 10  Click here  for the online application.  Information requested on team members and the prototype/computer simulation.  This helps us plan the event!

General Information

If you’ve got a passion for cleantech, the smarts to play in the emerging “green economy,” and the desire to make an impact, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge can provide just the platform you’ve been looking for.  The grand prize is $10,000, and in all the EIC awards more than $27,500 to student teams.

In the UW Challenge, interdisciplinary student teams define a cleantech problem, design and develop the solution, and produce both a prototype (proof of concept/computer simulation) and a 5-7 page business summary that demonstrates the market opportunity. Continue reading ‘UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (Intent to Submit by 2/10)’

2012 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant

Published on December 20, 2011 in Community, Competitions, Scholarships and Undergrads. 0 Comments

The Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites students from your program to apply for the 2012 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) program.  This program is funded by the college and modeled after the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).  USRG and REU students from engineering and across the university interact at various social and academic events.  The program description and application can be found at http://essap.tamu.edu/usrg.  We encourage your students to apply soon as the deadline is Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Continue reading ’2012 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant’

2011-2012 Shobe Prize Competition Open!

Published on September 29, 2011 in Competitions, Current Students, Masters, PhD and Undergrads. 0 Comments

2010-2011 Shobe Prize winning appThe 2011–2012 Shobe Prize competition is now open!

The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) is pleased to announce the second annual design competition for the Shobe Prize.

Student teams competing will submit a proposal for a tech-focused or software-based design project to a panel of judges in autumn quarter 2011. The winning design could be a web service, mobile device app, or another service for personal computing and communications. Continue reading ’2011-2012 Shobe Prize Competition Open!’

Mary Gates Research Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

Published on September 19, 2011 in Competitions, Current Students, Scholarships and Undergrads. 0 Comments

The deadline for the Mary Gates Research Scholarship is Monday, October 17, 2011. These scholarships give up to $4000 (2 quarters) directly to UW students who are engaged in research. (The application will be available by September 28 but now is the time to be thinking of applying.) There will be only one competition this year.

For more information, see: http://www.washington.edu/uaa/mge/apply/research

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students

Published on September 15, 2011 in Competitions, Current Students, Masters, PhD and Scholarships. 0 Comments

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS – 2012 APPLICATION NOW OPEN

(Link: www.nsfsi.org)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location. Continue reading ‘NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students’

Fourth Annual CIMIT Prize

Published on September 15, 2011 in Competitions, Current Students, Masters, PhD, Scholarships and Undergrads. 0 Comments

CIMIT logoThe upcoming fourth annual round of CIMIT Award for engineering students has been announced nationwide. This Prize, sponsored by a generous private donor and administered by the MGH and CIMIT, is designed to reward technology innovations directed at clinically important needs in Primary Healthcare. The top three student teams will receive $150,000, $100,000 and $50,000, respectively. Continue reading ‘Fourth Annual CIMIT Prize’