IdeaConnection :: Idea Contests

Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:55:16 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-10
Yanko Design, working with Blog Action Day is calling for designers around the world to submit designs that will help alleviate poverty.

Design for Poverty International Contest

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:10:15 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-10
Design for Poverty International Contest is hosted by Yanko Design that invites applicants from every country in the world; professionals, students, and design enthusiasts to address poverty; a solution or artistic social commentary.

Innovation Day Competition

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:00:30 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-10
This student invention competition is open to all UW-Madison undergraduate students. Find out how to develop your devices or processes and create a prototype. The competition and judging for both the Schoofs Prize for Creativity and Tong Prototype Prize will be held Thursday and Friday, Feb. 12-13, 2009, on the engineering campus.

Pediatric Health Clinic Competition

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:58:17 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
Pediatric Health Clinic Competition is an open international design competition for students and professionals, asking participants to explore the potential of future pediatric and prenatal clinics for East Africa. The winning design will be used as the base for a pediatric and prenatal health center in Rwanda. Submission deadline is January 15, 2009.

Crown Prince Cipta Competition 2009

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:05:23 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
CIPTA is a biennial competition for Creative, Innovative Product and Technological Advancement. The first CIPTA competition was held in 2005 and was participated by a large number of individuals and teams. The competition is graced with the patronage of the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah. It carries the prestigious Crown Prince's Creative, Innovative Product and Technological Advancement (CIPTA) award or the Crown Prince's CIPTA Award as grand prize for the overall winner of the competition. The main aim of the competition is to encourage innovation and creativity for national development in Brunei Darussalam

The ]present[ Architecture’s Challenge

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:02:02 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
The ]present[ Architecture’s Challenge is an International Competition for Students in Architecture �" 2008. The competition is organized for the students studying in the schools affiliated to AEEA. Equally, those students attending other schools, without AEEA affiliation, are eligible. The projects can be either individual or designed by a student team coordinated by a faculty member. PRIZES: Prize I: 6,000 Euro, Prize II: 4,000 Euro, Prize III: 3,000 Euro and Mentions: 1,000 Euro each. Registration Deadline: Monday, March 31, 2008.

Young Innovator Award

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:11:29 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
Young Innovator awards are targeted specifically to innovators aged 18-25. These awards will support smaller-scale, forward-thinking, conceptually exciting and original participatory learning projects. The aim of this category is to encourage young innovators to think boldly about “what comes next” in participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. These awards are designed to support young innovators in bringing their most visionary ideas from the "garage" stage to implementation.

Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:33:45 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
Staples wants to identify and support innovative ways young people are making positive change in their communities. Open to young people ages 12-24.

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:08:43 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-15
Innovation in Participatory Learning awards are designed to support the most promising and dynamic projects that enable and enhance innovative participatory learning. These pioneering projects will demonstrate new modes of participatory learning in a variety of environments, by creating new digital tools, modifying existing ones, or using digital media in some other novel way.

Create the Future Design Contest 2008

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:23:07 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-17
It's time to bring out the inventions you've been keeping to yourself. Show off your design and engineering skills in the Create The Future Design Contest. The annual event has attracted more than 5,000 product design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs, and students worldwide. Grand Prize is $20,000 USD.

Word of Mouth Marketing Awards 2008

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:52:47 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-17
WARC’s Word of Mouth Marketing Awards have been launched to recognize successful WOMM campaigns and techniques, and the companies that created them. The Awards are open to any agency, company or individual involved in any aspect of word of mouth marketing. The campaign must have run since September 1st 2007 and results must relate to 2007 or 2008. Winners will be announced at WARC’s WOMM on December 2 in London.

Electrolux Kitchen Design Competition 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 05:03:06 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-17
Electrolux is challenging members of the architecture & design community to present innovative, thoughtful concepts of a kitchen that meets the changing needs of today's modern family for a chance to win up to $75,000 in cash and prizes.

Sound Innovation Contest

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:36:21 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-20
The designboom international design competition is open to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts. They are looking for new speakers and headset designs. The designers of 2 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards of USD 5000 each for Future Sound Speakers category and Stylish Sound Headsets category.

$10 Million Promised to a Big Idea

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:55:04 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-20
The Google Project 10^100 (ten to the hundredth) will award $10 Million to a unique idea that will help as many people as possible. The award goes not to the one who submits it but rather to implementation of the best idea. Here's an idea: It would help the world a little if the name of the project (Project 10^100) could be pronounced without an explanation.

Taipei Performing Arts Centre Competition

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:43:31 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-21
Taipei City Government invites international design teams, to make a world-class performance venue. The project consists of three theaters, including a 1,500-seat Grand Theater and two 800-seat Theaters. Total construction budget is NT$3,800,000,000 (about US$124,600,000.)

Gatsby Innovation Competition

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:34 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-24
UK Sport and Loughborough University Sports Technology Institute have launched the Ideas 4 Innovation programme, seeking pioneering new ideas designed to give our best athletes the competitive advantage they need to win medals on the world stage. Innovation Awards of up to £10,000 are being offered.

Global Sourcing & Innovation Award

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:34:03 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-30
This contest will provide a unique opportunity for Europe’s top students to share their ideas with some of the frontrunners on the international business landscape. Companies will be invited to witness students inspiring visions and creativity during the Global Sourcing & Innovation award ceremony, wherein each finalist will present his or her paper in front of the jury and audience. Participants should write an essay on "Collaborative Innovation in Business."

Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition 2009

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:16:54 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-31
The Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition 2009 (SAFMC), organized by DSO National Laboratories and Science Centre Singapore, is the nation’s search for a flying wonder. The contest is open to all schools and students who want to reach for the sky.

Akademos / TextbookX.com 2008 Scholarship

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:22:35 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-31
Akademos, Inc. is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Scholarship. Students are invited to submit essay that must be at least 250 words on the topic ‘What should be done, if anything, to stop nuclear proliferation?’ One grand prize will be awarded $2,000 and two runner-up will receive $250 gift certificates.

"What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" Video Contest

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:52:01 -0700

Deadline: 2008-10-31
The X Prize Foundation has put together an eco challenge for YouTubers called "What's your crazy green idea?" Dream up a world-changing idea to stop global warming, post a two-minute YouTube video about it, and it could be worth $25,000.