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Please find below the final 15 projects that have made it to the Student Enterprise Awards 2010 on 3rd June in DCU.  Congratulations guys and well deserved!

Due to the fact students are currently undergoing exams the judges for the Student Enterprise Awards have decided to abandon the idea of Regional Heats for the 2010 Student Enterprise Awards.   

Therefore the judges will go through 2 rounds of judging as per last year and the final 15 teams for the National Ceremony will be announced on the 21^st May.  I will be contacting the students directly that have been successful at that stage. 

Therefore only the finalists will have to present to us on the 2^nd and 3^rd June at DCU.

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:

1. Baby Milk Maker – University of Ulster – Ashleigh Benson, Alison Benson, Niall Corriagan & Ryan Quigg
2.  In Sav – Queens University Belfast – Martin Jonathan Milliken, Matthew Milford, Matthew Hazley, Lee Borland, Alex Houston
3.  Eventwolf – Dublin City University – Allan Dixon
4.  Hypehip.com – Waterford Institute of Technology – Monica Ramirez Arizmendi, Chrystiane Cavalcanti, Yi Zhang, Eoin Donnelly
5.  E-Rat – Shannon College of Hotel Management – Nicole Kupfer, Olga Grestina, Dino Lee, Sharon Emmett
6.  Vision Re – Cork Institute of Technology – Etaoin Ni haILPIN, Norma Dowling, Kieran O’Callaghan
7.  Nebulaer – Cork Institute of Technology – Luke Crowley, Ciara McKenna, William Murray, Kevin Gilmartin
8.  Rigi – Jig – Cork Institute of Technology – Damian Buttimer, Dave Cronin,  William O’Shea, Fiona Hedderman
9.  G-One Trading – University College Cork – Tommy Brophy, Barry Houlihan, Sean Duggan, Richard Barrett, Niall Douglas
10.  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