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Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards

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Overview

Following the success of the 2011 Entrepreneurship Awards we are delighted to announce that these awards will be repeated in 2012.

The Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards are run by the Santander Universities Division: a global division of Banco Santander established with the aim of supporting higher education through donations and specialised initiatives.

The scheme has been developed to encourage and support an entrepreneurial culture through the allocation of funds for students who demonstrate a solid commitment to the development of an innovative business proposition. The Awards are to be offered to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, with the strongest entrepreneurial propositions providing them with the means to develop these ideas further.

Prizes:

santander award prizes

How to apply:

To access the judging criteria please click here.

Things to note:

  • All applicants must be students at the university or alumni who have graduated within the last five years;
  • Business plans must be no more than five double sided pages plus a maximum of two appendices
  • Business plan text must be no smaller than Arial font 10

To submit your proposal, please click here.

Key Dates:

Competition opens for proposals 5th March 2012
Proposals closing date Now extended until 22nd April
University of Leicester Selection Process April 2012. Exact dates tbc
University of Leicester to submit one application from each of the two categories 4th May 2012
Results to be released and top 5 candidates to be invited to present their idea to a panel of judges 11th June 2012
Top five candidates to present their idea to judging panel w/c 25th June 2012
Award winners to be announced at Santander Universities reception 4th July 2012

 If you have any questions or queries please email enterpriselearning@le.ac.uk and we can arrange a one to one session to help with your project proposal if necessary.

  

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