Biomedical Life Sciences Innovation
Competition


Pitch Your Innovation - the Next Big Idea to Help Humanity
The goal
of the competition is to stimulate the creation of innovative, bold ideas that
aim to solve important problems facing humanity.
Hosted By:
UNC Eshelman Institute for Innovation
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
Prize:
First
Place: $1500
Second
Place: $1000
Third
Place: $
750
Top Ten
Submissions: 1 Night Hotel Stay
Submission and Award Guidelines:
·
Open to all professional students, graduate
students, or graduates from a US school of higher learning.
·
Innovative idea must be from you or a team where
you have contributed significantly.
·
The idea does not have to be in development or in
production but should be an idea that applies Science, Technology, Engineering
or Math to solving the problem.
·
Application must follow the format outlined below
and should not exceed the two pages.
·
Applications must be submitted by 3:00 am EST March
1, 2017.
·
The top 10 applications will be invited to pitch
their idea to a panel of judges at the upcoming AABHE meeting in Raleigh, NC.
·
Ideas invited for the pitch must be present in
person at the meeting to pitch the idea.
·
Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 3
submissions. Travel stipends to support one night hotel stay will be provided
to the top 10 submissions.
Submissions submitted via email will not be accepted.
If you have any questions, please contact Mary McClurg at mroth@unc.edu.
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