IDEAS WITH IMPACT

Win up to £100k to turn your early-stage idea into a real venture.

£300k in prize funds available
Mentoring and expert support from founders and innovators who’ve been in your position
Networking opportunities to help you build connections to help your ideas flourish
Open to all disciplines

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The University’s Ideas with Impact Awards is looking to distribute up to £300,000 to student and staff entrepreneurs helping to solve the world’s most pressing issues.

Through this scheme we will offer individual awards of £100k, £50k and £20k to help turn bright ideas into social and economic enterprises of the future. Award winners will also receive support to translate their research and ideas into business ventures, access to experienced mentors, and support in building networks to accelerate impact.

All approaches to innovation are welcome, from engineering to health, from policy to creative.

Eligibility
The Ideas with Impact Awards are open for applications from any students, staff or alumni (within 3 years) from across the University who are working on solutions to global challenges. You must have ambition to translate your research solution into a social or economic enterprise and you must be at an early stage of your entrepreneurial journey.

KEY DATES

12th May

Awards launch and application opens

20th June

Application closes

27th June

Finalists announced

14th July

Finals pitching competition and networking event

The Ideas with Impact Awards are run in partnership between the University of Manchester’s Division of Development and Alumni Relations, Innovation Academy, Innovation Factory, and Unit M.