EIMT students at the UOC that have presented their final projects in the year 2015-2016 can enter until the 7th September.
The Ramon Molinas Foundation and the Open University of Catalonia are now accepting applications for the third year of UOC-RMF Prizes. The call for entries is open to degree students, engineering technicians, engineering graduates or master’s students that have completed, presented and passed their final projects and who are studying programmes in Information Technology, Multimedia and Telecommunication (EIMT) at the UOC over the two terms of the academic year 2015-2016.
The third year of the UOC-RMF Prizes will encourage technological and scientific entrepreneurship. The students who decide to submit their projects to the UOC-RMF Prizes competition can enter their project into the category which they believe best suits their project material. This year there will be three categories: ‘UOC-RMF Prize for the best business project’, ‘UOC-RMF Prize for the best project with social impact’ and ‘UOC-RMF Prize for best research project with academic excellence’. However, during the decision period, the Ramon Molinas Foundation and the Open University of Catalonia reserve the right to recommend a change of category for the benefit of the student and their project.
Once the submission period ends, a judging panel made up of academics and professionals linked to entrepreneurship and the IT sector will evaluate the projects presented and will select 27, from which they will choose the six that will go through to the final. The finalists will be announced on the 9th November, and will have to present their project at an event which will take place the following month of December in Barcelona. Once the cycle of presentations has finished, the panel will select the three winning projects, one per category, whose authors will receive a cheque for 3,000 euros each.
27 finalists will have the opportunity to make their project a reality
The third year of the UOC-RMF Prizes won’t only recognise the work of the six finalists. This year, the Ramon Molinas Foundation and the Open University of Catalonia will provide the opportunity for 27 finalists to make their project a reality.
Thanks to Hubbik, a collaborative community created by UOC to foster innovative projects and support the transfer of knowledge, the students with the top 25 projects will have the opportunity to participate in a series of entrepreneurial and innovation workshops organised by the platform. During the workshops, which are made up of three sessions of four hours each, participants will work on defining their business model, marketing strategy, commercialisation and financing. Once the training has finished, a judging panel made up of Hubbik staff will choose six students who, according to their capabilities and the potential social impact and success of their project, will continue working with the platform and have access to personalised training. A mentor will help them to resolve any problems or needs linked to their projects, and will advise them on legal issues, financing, structural organisation, human resources, marketing, sales and communication, among others.
After completing this stage, three of the students will take part in a programme to help their projects grow, in which they’ll receive 30 hours of support to help their projects become a reality. Finally, one of them will have the opportunity to participate in SpinUOC 2018 and another will attend the 4Y4N of the Mobile World Congress 2018.
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