Jack Rosen Memorial Award Pitch Competition
Award funding of $3,000 is available annually to undergraduate or graduate students registered full-time in the Faculty of Environment who have presented an outstanding proposal in the Jack Rosen Memorial Award for Environmental Innovation competition. The top ten teams will be offered a professionally facilitated workshop prior to the competition that will coach them on the elements of a strong business case and successful pitch.
Award funding of $3,000 is available annually to undergraduate or graduate students registered full-time in the Faculty of Environment who have presented an outstanding proposal in the Jack Rosen Memorial Award for Environmental Innovation competition. The top ten teams will be offered a professionally facilitated workshop prior to the competition that will coach them on the elements of a strong business case and successful pitch.
Annually
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
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Every term
One-time event
Co-op Students
Problem Lab
Program Overview
Each term, up to two co-op students are awarded the Co-op Problem Award. This award recognizes an outstanding problem analysis of an important problem relevant to a co-op employer or the employer’s industry.
Co-operative Education and the Problem Lab offer students the opportunity to win a First Prize Tuition Scholarship of $1,500 or Second Prize Tuition Scholarship of $750, applicable to the next academic term.
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GreenHouse Students
St. Paul's University College
Every term
Program Overview
The social impact fund was established in 2014 by United College to support the testing and development of early-stage, ideas from GreenHouse Innovators.
The Social Impact Fund (SIF) was established in 2014 by donors from the United College community. The SIF is used to support GreenHouse students in advancing their ideas into action. As a donor, your contributions support students with the resources they need to build and test prototypes with stakeholders as the progress towards validating their solutions and launching their ventures.
The recipients of the SIF are celebrated 3 times a year at the Social Impact Showcase.
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Greenhouse
Multiple sessions
UWaterloo students
Fall term, Winter term
Program Overview
Students in the Social Innovators in Training (SIIT) Program work with like-minded innovators interested in creating social or environmental change through their own project or venture. Students coming into this program have a problem they are interested in tackling or an idea they want to launch. Innovations can include policy change, community mobilization initiatives and the creation of programs, products, and services, and more.
The program provides a weekly peer group training session focused on key milestones in both problem and solution identification and validation. Students have access to one-on-one coaching and a GreenHouse alumni circle, as well as the Social Impact Fund to move their project or venture forward.
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Every term
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Multiple sessions
Concept
Program Overview
The Velocity $5K pitch competition offers the opportunity for students to showcase their innovative business ideas and compete for grant funding.
24 teams are selected to compete in the semi-finals. From there, a panel of live judges will narrow down the field to 8 teams to pitch in the finals, where 4 teams are selected live to win a prize of $5,000 each.
Through the process, participants receive valuable feedback, pitching experience, and idea validation from a network of experienced entrepreneurs and Velocity Coaches.
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