£2,000 minigrants available

Posted by John King on February 23, 2010 under Competitions | Be the First to Comment

Open to all Royal Holloway students and staff

Do you want to unlock the potential of an entrepreneurial idea? Do you have an idea for a sustainable, scalable commercial or social enterprise that needs an injection of cash to show that it could work? A competition is now open to all Royal Holloway students and staff. Up to ten grants of £2,000 are available for staff and student teams who want to show their idea to be worthy of further investment.

Last year 40% of applications were successful.

Teams must include at least one RHUL staff member and one undergraduate or postgraduate student.

Key dates
The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 19th March 2010 and results will be announced on 15th April.

Mini-grant clinics
If you would like some early feedback on your idea, you can meet with the Entrepreneurship Careers Adviser, John King. A drop-in service operates:

10:00 to 11:00 every Tuesday – Careers Service

How to apply
Competition rules and an application form are available from the Research and Enterprise website. For more information please email minigrants@rhul.ac.uk.

£10,000 for sports projects

Posted by John King on February 2, 2010 under Competitions, Social Enterprise | Be the First to Comment

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are a UK wide funding programme for 11-21 year olds, who are prepared to go the extra mile and use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by setting up their own projects.

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding.

You can apply for up to £10,000 of funding to try, shape or grow a project idea. Visit http://www.unltdsportrelief.com/ to find out more!