Student Entrepreneur Awards
How can we help?
How to Enter
Help your students to take the first step to business success
The Student Entrepreneur Awards are open to full-time registered third level undergraduate and postgraduate students on the island of Ireland. Entries can be from individuals or teams. Joint entries from different colleges are eligible but if the entry gets to the final stage one college must take the lead. You can help the students by acting as a Supervisor. The Supervisor is the academic who helps the student/s to develop the project. It is not a requirement for projects to have a Supervisor to enter the competition.
How Enterprise Ireland can help you promote the Student Entrepreneur Awards
We can:
- Deliver an online presentation to your college to outline the benefits of participating in the competition.
- Provide promotional materials including posters, flyers and social media assets.
- Provide €500 to support presentations or mini competitions organized by the college to prepare students to enter the Student Entrepreneur Award
To access our support services please email studentawards@enterprise-ireland.com
Get Started
How to Enter
Discover the Path: Access the complete guide on entering and succeeding – Explore our Brochure here.
What the judges are looking for
- Is there a market for the product or service / has it got commercial potential?
- What is the unique selling point?
- Has the team developed a proof of concept for their product or service?
- Have the students tested their product or service with real users in their target market?
- Does the team have an understanding of key financials?
Please find the Judging Criteria document here.
Key Dates
Timeline
Please check out the competition timeline below
January - March
Call for video applications
March - April
Competition closes and entries evaluated
April
Top 50 submit a business plan
May
Top 10 finalists announced
June
Awards and winners announced
