{"id":13196,"date":"2022-02-17T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=13196"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:19:26","slug":"launch-of-the-2022-global-cleantech-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/02\/17\/launch-of-the-2022-global-cleantech-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the 2022 Global CleanTech Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CleanTech Challenge is an international business plan competition for innovative clean technology product ideas. It brings together business and technical students to create viable start-ups. Teams compete for a prize, awarded during Bootcamp finals. Entrants are mentored by industry experts from the cleantech, entrepreneurial and related sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The Challenge begins with students submitting ideas for new green businesses. Entries can address some of these topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maturity of technology<\/li>\n<li>Cost &amp; Scalability<\/li>\n<li>Feasibility of implementation<\/li>\n<li>Revenue streams<\/li>\n<li>Target market<\/li>\n<li>Competitive advantage<\/li>\n<li>Social acceptability<\/li>\n<li>Alignment with government policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winner(s) will receive a cash award of \u00a37,500+. This prize may be split among the teams, for instance in the case of a tie. The winners and all finalists attending the Bootcamp will get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feedback on their ideas from world class clean technology venture capitalists.<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to a network of clean technology entrepreneurs, investors and potential partners.<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring by experienced professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Challenge is for university students only, and is targeted at those currently undertaking a postgraduate degree (Masters or Doctoral) in a business, science or engineering discipline at a recognised Higher Education Institution anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first stage of applications closes on 30 March 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CleanTech Challenge is an international business plan competition for innovative clean technology product ideas. It brings together business and technical students to create viable&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/02\/17\/launch-of-the-2022-global-cleantech-challenge\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13198,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13196\/revisions\/13198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}