Last week, I gave a few ideas on how to fundraise your project. This week, I will be continuing that idea by giving you a list of some of the great competitions you can apply to for funding. Some are design-oriented, while others are business-minded, so bring out all you’ve got!
Rice 360 National Undergraduate Global Health Technologies Design Competition
- Target: Undergraduate College Students
- Focus: Global Health Design
Georgia Tech Global Social Venture Competition
- Target: College Students (required to have one graduate student per team)
- Focus: Business with Social Impact Assessment
- Uniqueness: Offers mentorship, exposure and $50,000 in startup money
Rice Business Plan Competition
- Target: Graduate College Students
- Focus: Business
- Uniqueness: More than $1.3 million in prize money
Johns Hopkins University Business Plan Competition
- Target: Undergraduate and Graduate College Students
- General Business and Social Enterprise categories only open to JHU students
- Medical Technology and Life Sciences category open to all
- Focus: Business
- Uniqueness: Competing for more than $72,000 in prize money
Emory Global Health Case Competition
- Target: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
- 3 disciplines must be represented per team
- One team per university
- Focus: Global Health Case Consulting/ Problem Solving
- Uniqueness: Each team has five days to prepare a consulting report for a global health issue that is announced, in competition for a $6,000 prize.
NIH Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge
- Target: Undergraduate College Students (specifically biomedical engineering majors)
- Focus: Solving unmet clinical needs
- Uniqueness: Winning teams will be honored at the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society
IEEE Presidents’ Change the World
- Target: Engineering Students
- Focus: Solving real-world engineering problems
- Uniqueness: Emphasis on engineering, science, computing, and leadership skills
I’ve outlined just a few of the myriad of competitions out there. Let me know which ones I missed.