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  • Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition

Santander University of Brighton Competitions and Grants

In 2019-20 beepurple is offering two funding opportunities to students and recent graduates of the University of Brighton.

Thanks to the generous support of Santander Universities, we have an Ideas Competition for early stage businesses and social enterprises, and a Growth Grant for trading businesses and social enterprises.

Read more about these below and contact beepurple@brighton.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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The Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition

Do you have an idea for a new product, service or community project? The Santander University of Brighton Ideas Competition is your chance to make it happen.

There are top prizes of £1500, £1000 and £500 available to win. There are also four runners-up prizes of £100.

Shortlisted entries will be invited to pitch their ideas to judges at a city centre final on Wednesday 18 March 2020. Whether you are a team or an individual, you will receive expert pitching training in advance.

You can enter as many different ideas as you wish, but you must write one application form per idea. Your idea can only be for new products, services, or community projects, ie not for ventures you have already started up.

This competition is open to all students and recent graduates of the university. The closing date for entries 9 March 2020.

Find out more and enter

The Santander University of Brighton Growth Grant

The aim of this fund is to enable current students and recent graduates from the University of Brighton to grow their businesses and social enterprises.

The fund can be used to pay towards new product development, new technology within the venture (eg specialist equipment or software), intellectual property protection or new marketing materials, among other things. 

The size of each individual grant will be between £250 and £1000.

Download the application notes to find out how you can enter. The closing date for entries is 17 February 2020.

Application notes (.docx)

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