Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee
Report by Grant Beckmann, Committee Chair
We are looking forward to supporting the annual Student Innovator of the Year competition in October. Students can apply for a $400 loan to help fund development expenses. The committee is supporting the effort by recruiting industry sponsors to help support the expected $12,000 in prizes and $12,000 in loans. If you know a company that would like to be a sponsor, please contact Grant Beckmann (grant.beckmann@gmail) or Dave Anthony (dave@et.byu.edu).
The contest schedule:
March 28, 2011: Preliminary Application Deadline
September 10, 2011: Secondary Application Deadline
October 18, 2011: Prototype Deadline and Innovation Fair
October 20, 2011: Finalist Round and Judging
October 21, 2011: Winners to Present to Advancement Council
We hope to have 30 to 40 student teams compete this year.
Additionally, we have created a LinkedIn group that we hope will connect students that need help with projects with ACET members. You can join the group by logging in to LinkedIn and searching "Innovation-Entrepreneurship BYU" under the 'groups' section.