ACU Co-Lab’s Social Enterprise Pitch Award 2024

The Social Enterprise Pitch Award 2024 recognises an individual student or team who has developed a novel enterprise or business idea with a positive social impact. Your idea may be at any stage of development, from idea to market, and may be for a business that sells a physical product or one that offers a service.

The winning video pitch will receive:

• $1,000 cash prize
• promotion of the winning business/project through ACU Co-Lab’s community ecosystem.

KEY DATES

Opening date: 9am AEDT on Monday 18 March 2024

Closing date: 11.59pm AEDT on Sunday 16 June 2024

Award winner announced by: Friday 5 July 2024

HOW TO ENTER

The Social Enterprise Pitch Award 2024 is a national competition which is open to ACU students across all our Australian campuses. Entries from domestic and international students enrolled in any undergraduate or postgraduate course at the university are eligible.

Simply submit a three-minute video outlining your idea.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

All entrants are to record and upload a short video pitch of no longer than three minutes. This video should outline the problem you have identified and your innovative solution.

Submit your entry through the online application form before the closing date of 11.59pm AEDT on Sunday 16 June 2024.

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JUDGING CRITERIA

The winning entry will be decided by a panel of judges appointed at the sole discretion of ACU. It will be selected based on the following judging criteria of the eligible entry, as determined subjectively by the judges:

Presentation skills – 30 points

• Storytelling and passion of delivery
• Professional manner

Identification of the problem – 30 points

• Clarity with which you have outlined the problem

Uniqueness of solution – 30 points

• Identification of any similar services already offered

Audio/video quality – 10 points

• Quality of the audio and video presentation

Terms and conditions

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