Engineering YES Competition
Are you a postgraduate or post-doctoral researcher working on engineering or engineering related topics?
Would you like to gain a better understanding on how to bring new technologies to the marketplace?
Do you want the chance to win £2000?
Registration for this course has now closed
Dates: Introductory briefing - Monday 2 April 2012, 10am - 2.30pm
University Park Campus
followed by:
Residential course - Sunday 13 May 2012, 5pm - Wednesday
16 May 2012, 5pm
Holiday Inn (Derby/Nottingham)
Heat winners will be invited to the Grand Final on Wednesday 20 June 2012 at Birmingham Science Park where they will compete for the £2000 top cash prize.
Eligibility: Postgraduates and post-doctoral researchers of all ages from Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biomedical Sciences and Computer Sciences.
Cost: The competition is free to enter, we will also provide free meals and accommodation for the residential course.
Introductory event and residential course
Monday 2 April 2012, 10am - 4pm and 13 - 16 May 2012
About the Competition
The Engineering Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) is a series of expert seminars leading to a business competition. The course is delivered in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering at Loughborough University. Engineering YES is aimed at postgraduate research students and early career researchers within five years of obtaining their doctorate. Teams can include up to two post-doc members. The winning team will receive £1000.
Teams spend three days and nights working on a business plan for an imaginary start-up company before presenting it to a group of investors and industry experts who judge the best bid.
Participants learn the techniques of how to go about planning a new engineering research based business venture and also get the chance to meet some interesting people who have done it for real.
Last year's Grand Final was held at Birmingham Science Park on 8 June 2011 and the top prize and £2000 was claimed by team Pinnacle from the University of Manchester. A team from Nottingham took the prize for best teamwork in the 2011 Midlands Heat and the top prize in 2010.
Why enter?
Tom Demetriades, an EngD student from the University of Nottingham took part in the 2011 Engineering YES competition and shares his experience. He was a member of the University of Nottingham team, Kardia Solutions, which took the prize for best teamwork in the 2011 Midlands Heat.
Download Tom's report [pdf 619KB]
Find out more about this competition and download the application form at www.engineeringyes.org
On the application form, in the section ‘UNIVERSITY TRAINING CO-ORDINATOR OR ACADEMIC SPONSOR’ please enter the following contact details: