The NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition is now in its 11th year and provides a framework to support UCD undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to work together to develop and grow start-up companies.
The aim of this competition is to assist students in refining their start-up ideas through a series of structured workshops, including taught content from industry experts, interactive workshops, regular pitching sessions and mentoring.
The competition will be run at NovaUCD.
Accessing the competition is via an application form and recorded video pitch on or before 25 April. Teams will be notified by 2 May if they have been selected.
Ten teams will be selected to participate in the 4-week full-time in-person programme which takes place after the summer exams, from 26 May to 20 June 2025.
A final pitching event takes place on 19th June and the competition winner will awarded a cash prize of €3000.
The NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition is kindly sponsored by Terra Solar.
The team at Terra Solar are strong supporters of the creative and innovative students in UCD and are also actively involved in the competition.
Please see full NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition Terms and Conditions available here -
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Application Process
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Key Date |
NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition Timeline |
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Open Now |
Open for applications now via this link: https://forms.gle/ Application is via a short form and video pitch. In addition to the application form please submit a 5-minute video pitch to cover the following:
Please email this video to caroline.gill@ucd.ie ensuring that the file name includes your project name. |
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25 April |
Closing date for applications Competition Terms & Conditions are attached above. |
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2 May
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10 Teams will be notified that they have been successful and will be admitted to the competition |
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26 May |
Programme commences NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition 2024 which runs on a fulltime basis from May 26th – June 20th in person at NovaUCD. |
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19 June |
Final Pitching Event 19 June - NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition winners will be selected by the judging panel. |
Students who are interested in finding out more about the NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition should contact:
Caroline Gill
Innovation Pathway Manager, UCD Research and Innovation, NovaUCD
t: +353 1 716 3715
e: caroline.gill@ucd.ie