The 2024 NYCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has started accepting submissions!

No restrictions on majors! No restrictions on topics! Ideas are welcome too!

By participating, you have a chance to win exciting awards, with very high chances of winning!

What are you waiting for? Sign up now and take on the challenge～

By participating in the competition, you can receive the following benefits:

1. Free application for residency at 703 co-working space.
2. Access to a vast pool of industry mentors.
3. Priority enrollment in courses offered by the center.
4. Free consultation and guidance.
5. Up to  NT$ 100,000  in maximum subsidy.

6. Access to other entrepreneurial resources, competition information, government programs, and related updates.

✰To learn more, the information is as follows:

I.          Competition registration website: https://forms.gle/ypiDdzFd2cMSq2zF7

II.        Competition registration period: From now until April 19, 2024 (Thursday) at 23:59 (GMT+8).

III.      Download detailed competition guidelines: https://reurl.cc/zlMLyk

IV.     Eligibility: Participants must form their own teams, and the representative applicant must be a current student at NYCU. Each individual is limited to participating in one team.

V.       Competition entries：The entrepreneurial team's startup theme is without industry restrictions, with the goal of establishing a new venture and proposing a feasibility entrepreneurial plan for a product or service prototype. If the entrepreneurial theme is related to the 17 indicators of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the total score will be weighted by 30.

 VI.     Competition Schedule (unscheduled dates will later be announced)

April. 19: Online registration deadline for preliminary round

May. 03: Presentation materials submission deadline for preliminary round

May. 22: Preliminary round results announced

May. 23~July. 12: The selected team must complete 1 consultation session

July. 19: Business plan and presentation materials submission deadline for the final round

Early August: The oral presentation of the final round

November. 29: Deadline for funding reimbursement

VI.     Competition Process

1)  Preliminary round: Submission of presentation and application materials to the Center will serve as the basis for qualification and document review, and teams will be selected based on their performance in the preliminary round.

2)  Final round: Teams that have passed the preliminary round of the competition must undergo a consultation session on center arrangement before final round, and submit a feasible business plan and presentation materials for evaluation and will be invited for an interview at a scheduled time.

VII.    Awarding and Reimbursement

1)     After passing the final round, the team selected for the "Best Entrepreneurship Award" will receive a subsidy of NT$100,000. The team selected for the "Excellent Team Award" will receive a subsidy of NT$50,000.

2)    The recipients of the subsidy must provide a Subsidy Expenses Management Planning Sheet and utilize the allocated funds according to the approved plan. If any false information is found, the organizing unit reserves the right to cancel the subsidy.

3)   The deadline for reimbursement is 2024.11.29.

Organizer：

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Miss. Catherine, nycustartup@gmail.com.