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Detailed information about the competition

The competition is aimed at students and doctoral students of Poznań University of Technology who have an active status of Student in the academic year 2022/2023.
Entries may be made by teams of up to 5 people.

The theme of the competition is to develop an idea for a Startup in the field of Smart City, the use of renewable energy sources and the general improvement of people's lives and the environment.

You can propose your own ideas or ideas that enable you to solve the problems proposed by our Partners. A list of problems to be solved is available at topics

Teams of up to 5 students can apply. There are only 3 steps to submit your idea:
1. Developing your own idea for a start-up or developing one of the topics proposed by our partners (available at topics ).
2. Individual or team preparation of the competition application
Files:

3. Between March 25 and March 31, sending the application in the "Application" tab on the competition website (available at: application ).

Konkurs lokalny podzielony jest na dwie fazy:
Phase 1 – March 25-31, 2023 – submitting applications according to the rules presented above.
Phase 2 – April-May 2023 – a maximum of 6 ideas best evaluated by the competition committee will advance to the Phase 2. The teams selected for the Phase 2 will develop business plans under the supervision of mentors and trainers conducting workshops (finance in the business plan, pitching in front of investors, business modeling, marketing, SWOT analysis), and then present them to the competition committee (end of May 2023).


The winners of the Phase 2 will meet the winners of local competitions from other EUNICE partner universities and will take part in the international final of the competition (EUNICE Imagine Innovation Final Cup) at the University of Catania in July 2023.

The local stage of the competition is organised by Poznan University of Technology; the winners of the local stage will participate in the international stage organised by EUNICE Partner Universities.

The EUNICE Start Cup competition is a unique opportunity for students to present their idea for a start-up, gain practical knowledge in the field of writing a business plan or raising funds for business activity (mentoring, workshops), as well as a chance to win many prizes:

  • cash prizes for the winners of the first 3 places in the local stage funded by Aquanet (1st place PLN 5,000, 2nd place PLN 3,000, 3rd place PLN 2,000),
  • participation in the international final of the competition in Catania, Sicily (July 17-21, 2023),
  • special in the form of an internship/cooperation with partner companies (Aquanet, Enea Operator, Intel, VW Poznań),
  • and the main prize in the international stage: a 7-week internship in one of the countries of EUNICE partner universities, fully paid for by EUNICE.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at: startcup@put.poznan.pl.

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