Deadline: 11-Mar-22
Nominations are now open for the Student Entrepreneur Awards.
The Student Entrepreneur Awards is at the forefront of developing entrepreneurship, giving young entrepreneurs a viable pathway to transform their smart ideas into commercial businesses. This is more than a business competition and can span across all faculties. It aims to stimulate entrepreneurship and to encourage students to start their own business. The competition is a great opportunity for ambitious and enterprising third level students to build a real-world business venture
Reasons to Enter
- Opportunity to become an entrepreneur: Students can create the businesses they want to work in with unique support from the Student Entrepreneur Awards.
- Cash to fund their start-up business: €35,000 in cash prizes with the overall winner receiving €10,000.
- Helps students stand out: Taking part in this prestigious award demonstrates the commitment to innovation and helps build your networks.
- Expert advice and mentoring support is available from Enterprise Ireland and the programme sponsors.
Award Details
- €5,000: Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award
- €5,000: Grant Thornton High Achieving Merit Award
- €10,000: Overall winner
- €5,000: Local Enterprise Office ICT Award
- €10,000: Enterprise Ireland Merit Awards Fund
Eligibility Criteria
- The Student Entrepreneur Awards are open to full-time registered third level undergraduate and postgraduate students on the island of Ireland. Entries can be from individuals or teams. Joint entries from different colleges are eligible but if the entry gets to the final stage one college must take the lead. You can help the students by acting as a Supervisor. The Supervisor is the academic who helps the student/s to develop the project. It is not a requirement for projects to have a Supervisor to enter the competition.
- The idea must have commercial viability and export potential.
- Students must own, control and manage their business Intellectual Property where applicable.
- Not for profit and social entrepreneurship applicants must operate in a commercial domain.
- Students must have an ambition to start their business in Ireland and base their headquarters here.
- The maximum number is five students per team.
Judging Criteria
- Is there a market for the product or service / has it got commercial potential?
- What is the unique selling point?
- Has the team developed a proof of concept for their product or service?
- Have the students tested their product or service with real users in their target market?
- Does the team have an understanding of key financials
For more information, visit https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/student-entrepreneur-awards/How-to-Enter/
