Receive Funding and Support For Your Big Idea

September 22, 2014

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Last week, the 2014-2015 Big Ideas@Berkeley contest launched with new categories and expanded eligibility to include graduate and undergraduate students across the entire UC system. This year there are four Big Ideas categories open to matriculated students from all 10 UC campuses: Food System Innovations, Global Health, Mobiles For Reading, IT for Society.

Big Ideas is an annual student innovation contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of students who have creative solutions to important social challenges. Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has inspired innovative and high-impact student-led projects aimed at solving problems that matter to this generation.

Up to $300,000 in prizes available to students with innovative ideas to improve society!

Big Ideas@Berkeley provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students, across 18 campuses, who have 'Big Ideas.' Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has inspired high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world's most pressing problems.

All Big Ideas applicants have access to the following resources to help them develop their projects:

• Up to $15,000 in funding!!
• Extensive feedback from judges.
• Proposal writing and budgeting workshops.
• Access to advisors and practitioners in residence.
• Extended, 8-week, mentorship period for finalist teams.

2014-15 Big Ideas Contest Categories Open to UC System campuses:

• Food System Innovations
• Global Health
• Mobiles For Reading
• IT for Society

To learn more visit the Big Ideas website.
Submissions are due by November 13, 2014 at 12:00 noon PST

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