Ara Foundation Entrepreneur Award
Summer Start-Up School at University of Canterbury
Application Form 2017
Closing Date: 5pm Friday 10 November 2017
Email completed application to:
Student Name:
Student ID:
Venture Name (if relevant):
Degree Studying:
Year at Ara:
Cell Phone Number:
Please fill in the following sections – Unless otherwise stated please keep your answer to each question at 500 words or less.
Section A: If you have an idea or venture (can be a for-profit business or a social venture) that you would like to accelerate to the next stage - please fill out this section.
If you don’t have an idea but would like to be part of a start-up venture in the UC Innovators’ summer programme, please go to Section B.
1. What is your idea? (If relevant attach 1 or 2 concept pictures to your application)
2. Who “owns” the Intellectual Property for this idea?
3. What is the current status of this idea?
4. What problem does this idea/invention solve or what unmet need does it satisfy?
5. Who are your target customers?
6. What market data have you identified e.g. size, is it growing, competing products or services?
7. List any other members of your team (if applicable), or skills you would like added to your team (if applicable).
Section B: All scholarship applicants must fill out this section
1. Why do you want to participate in the UC Innovators’ Summer Start-Up Programme? Limit – 1000 words
Section C: Complete this section ONLY if you are not proposing an idea or venture to work on over the summer.
1. Why do you want to be part of a start-up venture?
2. What value or expertise can you add to a start-up venture?
3. Do you want to work on a for-profit or social venture? Why?
Section D: All applicants must complete.
Please provide names and contact information (phone number preferred) for two referees who can comment on your suitability for this programme (they do not need to know about your idea).
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