Competitions

International Essay Competition 2009 Global Finals: Seoul, South Korea Application Date: February 22, 2009 Winnings: Essay category : 1st Prize US$ 3000 Video category : 1st Prize US$ 2000 Photo category : 1st Prize US$ 500 The Essay Competition 2009 invites participants to share ideas on: 1. How does climate change affect you, your country, town or local community? How do you think it will affect [...]

Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) Global Finals: Rice University, Texas, USA Application Date: March 6, 2009 Winnings: Grand Prize winner: A US$ 125,000 investment + $25,000 cash + $80,000 of in-kind services Three additional $100,000 investment prizes will be awarded in Life Science and Energy/IT/Nano/Aerospace and Tech Transfer The Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) [...]

Grants competition for ‘Schools for Entrepreneurs’ Application Date: April 1, 2009 Winnings: There are?three grants available with a?maximum value of $5,000 each. These grants are available to: ?1. Registered secondary schools, vocational colleges,?and tertiary education institutions ?2. Non-profit organizations, NGOs and social enterprises working in partnership with secondary or tertiary [...]

Incheon International Design Awards Award Ceremony: Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea Application Date: August 25, 2009 Winnings 1st Prize: US$ 5,000 + travel expense to the ceremony US$ 3,000 Netizen’s choice awards: three winners, US$ 1,000 each People’s choice awards: three winners, US$ 1,000 each Incheon Metropolitan City, KOREA, together with designboom promotes an international [...]

Cartier Woman’s Initiative Awards : International business plan competition for women Regional Finals: Asia Global Finals: Deauville, France Application Date: October 2009 – February 2010 Winnings US$20 000 of funding, one year of coaching , networking opportunities and media exposure. The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards are an international business plan competition for women [...]

Microsoft Imagine Cup Regional Finals: Bangalore, India Global Finals: Cairo, Egypt Winnings: unique prizes and cash awards, Microsoft internship opportunities and much more What begins with a burst of inspiration and a lot of hard work can become a future software breakthrough, a future career, or a flourishing new industry. The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their [...]

RoboCup Venue: Graz, Austria Application Date: June 29, 2009 RoboCupTM is an international research and education initiative. Its goal is to foster artificial intelligence and robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be examined and integrated. The main focus of the RoboCup activities is competitive football. Teams from all over the world compete in [...]

Google Summer of Code Application Date: April 3, 2009 Winnings: Stipends are offered to students who are allocated projects. Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly 2500 successful student participants and 2500 mentors from 98 countries [...]

Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Competition and Festival Asia Finals: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Application Date: June 30, 2009 Winnings: 1st Prize: INR2,00,000 and advocacy grants Jeevika: Documentary Film Competition and Festival, which began in 2003, aims at capturing the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor and bringing it to the attention of the public, [...]

Competitions Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program Nationals: Mumbai International Venue: Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Intitute, New York Application Date: December 15, 2008 Winnings: Selected student is awarded US$3,000, and given the title of Goldman Sachs Global Leader The Goldman Sachs Foundation partnered with the Institute of International Education in 2001 to create the Global Leaders [...]