The 2010 Student Awards, sponsored jointly by Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland and Cruickshanks are once again offering third level students across Ireland the chance to compete for the coveted title of College Entrepreneurs of the Year and win a share in the incredible prize fund totalling €50,000 cash & Mentor Support.
The competition, now in its 27th year, is designed to encourage innovation, promote enterprise and foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among third level students. The awards scheme is open to students from all academic disciplines and courses of study. Regardless of your chosen field, if you’re a third level student with a novel idea that you think has commercial potential, then this competition is for you. It could even be the start of something really big – your very first step towards establishing your own successful business. Or maybe you might be able to sell on your idea and obtain royalty income from the manufacturing/selling rights.
All you need to do is demonstrate to the judges that your business idea is viable, well thought out and well researched and you’re on your way! Ideally your idea should be based on a manufacturing project or an internationally traded service.
The finalists have just been announced for the 2009 Student Enterprise Awards that will be held in the University of Ulster Coleraine on the 9th and 10th June.
The are as follows:
Baby Milk Maker – University of Ulster – Ashleigh Benson, Alison Benson, Niall Corriagan & Ryan Quigg
In Sav – Queens University Belfast – Martin Jonathan Milliken, Matthew Milford, Matthew Hazley, Lee Borland, Alex Houston
Eventwolf – Dublin City University – Allan Dixon
Hypehip.com – Waterford Institute of Technology – Monica Ramirez Arizmendi, Chrystiane Cavalcanti, Yi Zhang, Eoin Donnelly
E-Rat – Shannon College of Hotel Management – Nicole Kupfer, Olga Grestina, Dino Lee, Sharon Emmett
Vision Re – Cork Institute of Technology – Etaoin Ni haILPIN, Norma Dowling, Kieran O’Callaghan
Nebulaer – Cork Institute of Technology – Luke Crowley, Ciara McKenna, William Murray, Kevin Gilmartin
Rigi – Jig – Cork Institute of Technology – Damian Buttimer, Dave Cronin, William O’Shea, Fiona Hedderman
G-One Trading – University College Cork – Tommy Brophy, Barry Houlihan, Sean Duggan, Richard Barrett, Niall Douglas
Neonatal EEG Service – University College Cork – Cliona Moore, Aisling Gleeson, Stephen Connolly, Mark O’Donovan, William Quigley
Congraulations to all finalists, as this year the standard of applications was very high.
Watch this space Students! The 10 finalists for the Student Enterprise Awards 2009 that will go though to the finals on the 9th and 10th June in the University of Ulster Coleraine will be announced on this website on Monday 25th May 2009.
Please note the closing date for the Student Awards is Wednesday 22nd April 2009. Please send me your entries as soon as possible by close of business on this date. Regards, Gillian
