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Venture Further 2013 - (closes 22 March)

Want to start-up a business? Here’s your chance to win £10,000 and make it a reality.

  • Enhance your CV - gain enterprise and entrepreneurship skills
  • Cash prizes of up to £10,000 to support your business
  • Enter as an individual or team
  • Produce a business plan and progress your idea

It’s open to students and researchers from all subject areas across more…

Eureka! Library Innovation Challenge

This is your opportunity to unlock your idea or vision for an innovative new concept or design which will enhance the customer experience within The University of Manchester Library.

By entering the competition you may win £1,000 in selected vouchers.

How does it work?

  • You’re invited to come up with an innovative fresh idea which will benefit you more…

Applications open for the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 (closes 28 April)

The hunt is on to find the next generation of undiscovered science writing talent: applications are open for the annual Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association with the ‘Guardian’ and the ‘Observer’.

The annual award invites non-professional science writers based in the UK to submit short articles of no more than 800 words that address more…

Got an idea for an app? You could win an iPad

UMIP are giving you a chance to bring your mobile app ideas to life with the UMIP App Development Competition 2013 - enter by 1 March.

The competition aims to discover and support innovative app concepts that exist within the University community and will fund the development and launch of winning apps in each of two more…

Engineering YES Information & Briefing Session at Manchester

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 11-2pm, Renold Building (includes buffet lunch)

Engineering YES (Young Entrepreneurs Scheme) is a competition for UK-based postgraduates students and postdoctoral researchers to present a business plan for an imaginary start-up company to a group of shrewd investors and industry experts. Participants learn the techniques of how to go about planning a new more…

The Biochemical Society Science Communication Competition (closes 10 April 2013)

The competition is for PhD (and UG) students who are interested in science writing and want the chance to get their work published.

Interested students must submit an original piece of writing on a molecular bioscience topic of their choice, aimed at the general public.

Each entry must:

  • comprise original work of up to 1,500 words
  • be on a more…

I’m A Scientist Get Me Out of Here – Applications for March session now open

I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is a online event where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.

It’s a free X Factor-style competition between scientists, where the students are the judges. Students challenge the scientists over intense, fast-paced online live chats.

They then ask the scientists all the questions they want more…

2013 SET for Britain (Closing date 24 December 2012)

Applications are now open for SET For Britain 2013, an annual poster competition with cash prizes.

It is a career advancing opportunity for an early-stage researcher (including Masters/PhD students and post-docs) to present their work to VIPs at the House of Commons, engage with fellow researchers and help to raise the profile of science and more…

Social Enterprise ‘Lite’ Competition

Following on from the successful Social Enterprise Competition held earlier this year in association with the Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester has been chosen as one of 56 partners in the HEFCE/UnLtd Higher Education Support Programme. As a result we are delighted to announce the expansion of this initiative into a University-wide competition.

The more…