Open to both students and anybody who has graduated with the OU within the last five years, the second edition of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards offers a cash investment to those who can demonstrate a commitment to the development of an innovative business proposition.
What’s on offer?
All 57 UK universities in the Santander Universities network have been invited to submit two student or alumni business proposals for the national competition – one each for undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The prizes are:
Undergraduates: 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 enter
- To request an information pack please email Platform
- Send your completed business plan of no more than five double sided pages plus a maximum of two appendices to Platform entitled ‘Santander awards’
- Business plan text must be no smaller than Arial font, 10pt
- All applicants must be students at the university or alumni who have graduated within the last five years
Deadline for entries: Friday 20 April ** Now closed**
All entries will be judged by a panel at The Open University. The best proposals will then go forward to the national competition.
