Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards 2013

Open to both students and alumni who graduated with the OU within the last two years, the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards offer a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the success of our student and graduate entrepreneurs. Not only could the awards potentially bring significant cash investment to aid your business idea, but the winners will also benefit from valuable press coverage from taking part in the nationally recognised awards.

What are the prizes?

As one of the 66 partner universities, the OU has been invited to submit two student or alumni business plans for the national competition – one each for the Undergraduate and Postgraduate categories.

Prizes

Undergraduate:
• 1st prize: £5,000
• 2nd prize: £3,000
• 3rd prize: £1,000

Postgraduate:
• 1st prize: £20,000
• 2nd prize: £10,000
• 3rd prize: £5,000

How to apply?

If you would like to discuss the particulars of this competition, please contact Dr Malcolm J Stokes on 01908 652885 or email malcolm.stokes@open.ac.uk. Further details may be obtained from Wendy King on 01908 654898 or email wendy.king@open.ac.uk. All submissions need be made by Tuesday 26th March 2013.

All entries will be assessed by a panel at The Open University. The two shortlisted proposals will then go forward to the national competition.