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No. If you are awarded £3,000 and find that you do not need all of it for prizes, you will only be able to invoice for the value of the prizes you have awarded to students.

The prize fund money must be awarded to the winning teams or individual winners (individual winners must be an ‘engineer’ or, if a team, then with at least one ‘engineer’ participant in the team).  Typically universities award a first, second and third prize in the following denominations: £1,500, £1,000 and £500. However, we leave the distribution of the prize fund to you.

Sorry, no.  The full amount must be used for prizes for the winners.

No.  You run your competition as normal. The only difference is that you will commit to promoting the competition to the target group (ie engineering students/graduates/postgraduates, alumni) so they become aware of the opportunity to participate.

Teams can be multidisciplinary. However, the winning team must include at least one engineering student/graduate/postgraduate.  If the prize is to be awarded to a single winner, this person must be an engineering student/graduate/postgraduate.

No, the winning team must include at least one engineering student/graduate/postgraduate.  A prize cannot be awarded to a non-engineering person who enters individually.

Yes, you may.  The prize may be awarded to a multidisciplinary team including at least one engineering student/graduate/postgraduate.  If the prize is to be awarded to an individual, that individual must be an engineering student/graduate/postgraduate.

Yes, you may do so.  Please be aware that the funding cannot be used to offset the cost of setting up, running or promoting your competition.  The fund is for awarding prizes to winners.

Your competition will be completed within 12 months of your application being approved. If there is a time issue please Contact Us so that we can discuss the matter.

Yes, we welcome entrants from both categories as this enables people from diverse backgrounds to get involved.

Yes.  However, there is a limit on the number of years since graduation for alumni participants – this is five years.

The principle is the same as for alumni. If you wish to embrace the wider community, you may do so as long as there is a cap on the number of years the participants have been in the workplace (ie five years).

No, participants are not expected or obliged to do this.  A key goal for EIBF is for participants to engage with business topics as part of their educational experience in a way they might not have done without EIBF’s support.

Yes.

If the team is multidisciplinary (engineering/non-engineering students), it can share a prize.

Yes, the competition now embraces some technology degrees, for example, computer sciences and biomedical degree courses.

No.  This is something that each university organises.

Yes, they are entitled to a team mentor who can provide support. The nature of that mentoring relationship is decided between the team and the assigned Sainsbury Management Fellow mentor.

It will be a pleasure to attend if we are able to do so.  We cannot guarantee attendance as this will depend on the availability of our Sainsbury Management Fellows.

The competition prize fund is paid after the university submits its competition report to EIBF.   Invoices should be submitted to:

Cathy Breeze

Director of Communications

Sainsbury Management Fellows

Engineers in Business Fellowship

16 Western Road

Lymington

Hampshire, SO41 9HL

cathy.breeze@smf.org.uk

Please note that Engineers in Business Fellowship (EIBF) is a registered charity – number 1147203 and is a company limited by guarantee: 07807250. EIBF is not a VAT registered organisation.

The first prize winning team wins mentoring. One mentor will be assigned to the team, not one mentor per individual team member.

Either the university enterprise educator or the winner should contact the EIB office to confirm that they would like a mentor. Please provide a short explanation of what type of help/mentor they need (eg if there is a particular industry sector, is there a particular issue you want to look at such as IP / marketing etc). Email this information to eibcompetition@eibc.org.uk. We will then match your requirements with our Sainsbury Management Fellows and connect you with your mentor.

Currently, the Grand Final is open to all winners of a university enterprise competition, as well as those who participated but did not win a prize.

EIBF makes no stipulations on the use of the prize fund. Any financial prize won may be used by the winners how they wish, whether that is to develop their innovation or their career, or something else. Prize money won by a team (as opposed to an individual) must be shared between the team members.

Yes, you may.

No – it’s one entry per team or individual (if the person is working alone rather than in a team).

We are looking for an informative poster that explains your innovation, for example, why it was conceived, the target audience, the benefits to the consumer/society. There is no need to include financial information.

Yes, you qualify to enter the Grand Final. So long as your team comprises at least one engineering student/graduate you qualify.

The Poster will be featured in a display so that everyone at the Grand Final can see the Innovations.

You will not be required to present standing next to your poster. You will be on a stage and will be presenting using PowerPoint and we will liaise with short-listed candidates to provide more information on the requirements.

The entrants selected to go forward to the Awards Presentation will have their poster printed A2 size, so please design for this size.

Full details of how to enter the Grand Final can be found on this page of the website - https://www.eibc.org.uk/grand-final. In brief, entries will be judged by the following criteria:

• Originality of the idea
• How the idea addresses a need in society
• Clearly defined target audiences and the benefits of the innovation to them
• Viability of the idea and how well this is communicated in your entry (financial information for your innovation is not required)

Full details of how to enter the Grand Final can be found on this page of the website - https://www.eibc.org.uk/grand-final

You may use your creativity to present your idea however you wish, but both your video and poster must explain the innovation, who it is aimed at, why it’s needed and the benefits.

This site does not accept PowerPoint presentations - please convert PowerPoint to PDF and upload.

If you experience problems uploading your video/poster, please contact the EIBC Office by email eibcompetition@eibc.org.uk.

The maximum upload limit is 200MB.

When you submitted your entry you will have received confirmation of the upload.

During the second week of September we will be contacting the universities to confirm the receipt of entries.

If you have been shortlisted to attend the Awards Presentation and are unable to attend for whatever reason, you will need to stand down and the next person with the highest score in the judging will be invited to participate in the Awards Presentation.

Sorry, no. The competition doesn’t allow for the same innovation to enter a final twice.