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Deadline:  April 4, 2019 00:00 (CEST) Eligibility:  For-profit startups from every industry are invited to apply. Particular attention will be given to the scalability of the ventures. Startups should demonstrate a plan to reach national or international impact. Additionally, there should be some progress against the concept (e.g.; a prototype, minimum viable product, etc.). Startups planning to scale and remain in the St. Louis region are encouraged to apply. The Arch Grants Global Startup Competition awards $50,000 equity-free cash grants and pro bono support services to innovative and scalable startups that agree to  locate their business in St. Louis  for at least one year. Why apply? Arch Grants is not only a source of equity-free funding for startups, but an  opportunity  to root your business within a growing entrepreneurial hub surrounded by mentors, supporters, and innovative collaborators. Arch Grants recipients receive $50,000 and a host of support services to grow their business. Its startups are seen as the top notch, early-stage, scalable and innovative companies in the region. $50,000 equity-free, cash grant Pro bono and discounted services in essential business areas (legal, accounting, marketing, HR, banking, etc) Personal introductions to strategic business and civic leaders Access to angel investment and venture capital networks Educational programming Access to Arch Grants leadership Talent acquisition/recruiting services Professional and high-level business mentorship Relocation assistance Social support and community integration services Inclusion into a community of innovative entrepreneurs Who should apply? Arch Grants is looking for innovative technologies, products, or services, wrapped within scalable for-profit business models with the potential to make a national or international impact. Preference will be given to companies that are beyond idea stage; bring with them teams of talented, diverse, and value-additive individuals; and demonstrate that the grant money and support services have a meaningful impact on company growth. The competition aims to attract entrepreneurs who are already located in St. Louis OR are willing to relocate there. Basing your business in St. Louis is a requirement for receiving the grant. All of the current entrepreneurs are investing their time in making the St. Louis startup scene even stronger. The Arch Grants Global Startup Competition is an industry-agnostic competition; it has funded startups in the following areas: Agricultural Technology Big Data Food Technology Bio Technology Financial Technology Educational Technology Hardware Technology Health Technology / Healthcare IT Manufacturing Medical Devices Social Ventures Civic Technology …and many more! Requirements Locate headquarters or significant operations within St. Louis City for at least one year. Provide data on jobs created, revenue generated, and follow-on capital. Track and report expenditures of the grant. Provide service to or on behalf of Arch Grants for an average of 8 hours per quarter for one year. Have at least 51% of your founding team, or at least one full-time founder AND 51% of the full team, working full-time on the business in St. Louis City. Participate in program events coordinated by Arch Grants.

Join the ultimate innovation competition to disrupt the future of beauty Deadline:  March 31, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility:  The competition invites undergraduate and graduate students 18 years of age or older who study in one of the participating countries (listed below) An innovative competition  like no other that has brought together ambitious students from all over the world for the past 27 years. This year it is taking it a step further by introducing a new ultimate prize. 34,000+students 63 countries 80+ hours of e-learning 8000+ innovations The way the competition works Build an amazing team of 3 superheroes to solve the Mission Come up with the most innovative idea, sharpen it throughout the selection process and become the champion of your country Fly to Paris, immerse yourself at L’Oréal’s headquarters and pitch your innovation to top L’Oréal executives Be the best and further develop your idea. How far can you take it? THE MISSION: INVENT THE FUTURE SKINCARE EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS Ultimate prize For the first time ever win a unique experience with the all-new Intrapreneurship Award! Become the pioneers of your Brandstorm idea and transform it into a real business model. Dive into a 360° immersion program and touch all sides of the business. Work at Station F, the largest startup campus in the world alongside some of the brightest entrepreneurs of Europe! Over the period of 3 months, boost your idea with the constant coaching and guidance from L’Oréal experts and finally defend your business model to top executives and internal investors. Who can play? L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM is a Competition for undergraduate and graduate students who study in one of the participating countries. Students must be eighteen years of age or older to participate. Any under-age Participant must have the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to accept the Official Rules and participate in L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM. Students attending a post-graduate course (e.g. doctorate programme or MBA) cannot participate (except for post-graduate courses in India and Israel. Students eligible to participate should not yet have acquired considerable professional experience (i.e. not more than two years of work experience. Internships, apprenticeships, summer job experiences and auto-entrepreneurial work do not account into work experience). Students who have already played the Competition in a previous year and reached the international finals cannot participate another time. Students who did an internship in the department of the brand concerned by the case study during the two years preceding the Competition cannot participate in the current edition. The Participants have to compose a team of three students. Students participating in an international exchange programme, e.g. Erasmus or exchange students have to participate for the country they are studying in at the point of registration. Participants are only allowed to register in one team. The three members of a team must be studying in the same participating country. It is not possible to change the university during the competition.

Deadline:  February 28, 2019 00:00 (CET)   Eligibility:  Startup Contest is only for seed and early-stage startups Dates:  May 8-9, 2019 Location:  Gdańsk, Poland InfoShare Startup Contest 2019 Are you a seed or early-stage startup? Are you ready to pitch in front of professional investors? Are you ready to compete for 20,000 euro in cash? Don’t miss your chance and  apply  for the InfoShare Startup Contest 2019 today! About InfoShare Back then 200 participants of infoShare took part in programming workshops at Gdańsk University of Technology. Today infoShare is the biggest Tech Conference in Central and Eastern Europe. The 12th edition of the event that took place in 2018 gathered over 6000 participants, almost 200 start-ups and over 200 speakers and investors. The mission is to create a space where you’re able to share experience, gain knowledge and meet people with similar interests and passion. InfoShare invites keynote speakers, organise workshops for professionalists and arrange meetings between startuppers and investors in Speed Dating format. Over 80% of participants from previous years declare that during the conference they’ve met potential investor or at least started the conversations. Awards 1st place: €20,000 2nd place: €7,000 3rd place: €3,000 First 50 complete and formally correct applications will be awarded ONE startup pass 20 semifinalists will get FOR FREE 2 startup passes and expo booth How to win 20,000 euros in cash funded by the City of Gdańsk? Startup Contest application process:  Send your application form with detailed pitch deck. Based on that 20 best projects going to the semi-finals will be chosen. Use your chance wisely to win both the cash & fame. Semi-finalists announcement  (no later than 01.04.2019): 20 selected projects are going to the infoShare Startup Contest semi-finals held on the 8th May 2019 at Startup Stage. Pitching workshop for semi-finalists  (May 7, 2019): Reserve time for a one day workshop for all 20 semi-final projects letting them put the finishing touches on their pitch decks. Use all tips & tricks to charm the jury. Semifinals on the Startup Stage  (May 8, 2019): Get ready to pitch in front of international investors and experts. Make the most of your 5 minutes on the startup stage to be among 5 projects going to the finals. Finals on the Startup Stage  (May 8, 2019): Do your best! Only 3-minute pitch and 2-minute Q&A session from jury board to win 20k euro in cash. Being one of the 5 best projects is something, but the winner can be only one.

Deadline:  February 25, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility:  Participants must compete in a group of two, three, or four members at least 16 years of age at the time of registration. The Contest is void in Crimea, North Korea, Quebec, Syria, and where prohibited by law Google Hash Code Competition 2019 Think you could optimize the layout of a Google Data Center? How about scheduling a fleet of drones to make deliveries around the world? Tackle an engineering problem from Google during Hash Code,  team programming competition . Are you up for the challenge? Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language and Google picks an engineering problem for you to solve. This year’s contest kicks off with an Online Qualification Round, where your team can compete from wherever you’d like, including from one of our Hash Code hubs. Top teams will then be invited to a Google office for the Final Round. Why participate? Google’s team-based programming competition, Hash Code, allows you to share your skills and connect with other coders as you work together to solve a problem modelled off a real Google engineering challenge! In small teams of two to four, coders all over the world will tackle the first problem through an Online Qualification Round. Though this round is hosted online, teams can come together to compete side-by-side in locally coordinated Hash Code hubs. The top teams from this round are invited to join us at an international Google office for our annual Hash Code Final Round. How it works Once you’ve registered for the contest, you’ll gain access to our Judge System. The Judge System is an online platform where you’ll form your team, join a hub, practice, and compete during the rounds. During the Online Qualification Round, you’ll watch our YouTube live stream to be introduced to the problem, and your team will have four hours to solve an optimization problem using the programming language and tools of your choice. Teams can compete from a local hub or another location of their choice. The top teams from the Online Qualification Round will be invited to the Final Round at a Google office, where they’ll work together to solve another challenge and compete for cash prizes.

Sustainable Mobility Challenge A Challenge from Sweden invites the world’s most progressive innovators and organisations to take part in unlocking the potential of sustainable mobility services Awarding €150,000 and accelerating market introduction for innovative, scalable and sustainable mobility solutions Global climate goals are set and the journey toward a sustainable future has begun. Sweden is committed to push boundaries and build a more sustainable future with a fossil-free transport sector at the latest by 2045. Understanding that our daily commute accounts for a substantial part of our CO2-emissions, we are exploring new ways to improve how we travel. Through the Sustainable Mobility Challenge, Sweden invites the world’s most progressive innovators and organisations to take part in unlocking the potential of sustainable mobility services. To reduce the carbon footprint from our daily travel and commute, we will recognise and implement fossil-free, user-friendly personal transport services that meet the needs of today’s commuter, and that reduce the need for privately-owned vehicles. THE AWARD PROCESS The Sustainable Mobility Challenge offers winners a direct path to more quickly and easily access the Swedish market in 2019. We are pleased to recognise the three most innovative, scalable, and user-friendly solutions with an award in the amount of €50,000 each.  Once the Winners of the Sustainable Mobility Challenge are named in Summer 2019, they qualify for facilitation support and a series of meetings with representatives from the sites for  accelerated market introduction  with the goal to launch 1-3 of the most promising and transformational sustainable mobility solutions available. The Swedish Energy Agency has allocated €1.5 million for an open call grant to accelerate this market introduction in Sweden starting in Autumn 2019, including design, installation and evaluation required for successful commercial adoption. THE STAKEHOLDERS This initiative has created a network of cities, employers, large companies and property owners who are ready to test and invest in impactful, feasible, and scalable solutions that take us one step closer to a sustainable future.  While only three solutions will receive cash awards, all applicants will receive valuable feedback from our  Evaluation Panel  to help evolve or fine-tune their ideas, and top-scoring applicants will have the unique opportunity to have their ideas shared with our  Stakeholder Panel  — many of whom are potential investors and changemakers in the sustainable mobility sector. We are thankful and fortunate to have the tremendous support of the following stakeholders.

We’re a specialty retailer offering the very best of what’s next in fashion for men, women and children since 1901.  TECHNOLOGY, AS FORWARD AS FASHION.   We create an inspiring work environment that enables talented people to develop new experiences that delight both our online and in-store customers. Our Technology division works in partnership with other areas of the company to develop and support the business systems used throughout Nordstrom. As a Nordstrom Engineering Intern, you’ll play a dual role — dedicated student and valued team member.  As an intern, you’ll… Create online, offline experiences by working side-by-side with your experienced mentors & people behind the technology team Get hands on experience working alongside our engineering and UX teams. As part of an Agile DevOps team, you’ll get experience with coding, troubleshooting and automation on diverse projects including web technology, JDA applications, cloud technology, mobile apps and infrastructure automation Work on strategic projects with milestones, deliverables and deadlines.  You own this if you… Have exposure to object-oriented (C#, C++, Golang, Java, Objective-C, etc) and/or functional programming (FullStack JS - (Node, React/Angular, MERN Stack)) languages Are looking for a career that pairs your technology expertise with your love of fashion Are a passionate, curious and innovative college student currently working towards a technology-focused degree or related field Thrive in a fast-paced environment thanks to your ace organizational skills and ability to quickly learn new processes and procedures. Have a 3.2 cumulative GPA or higher Have experience working with AWS or other cloud technologies is a plus  What’s next? We’re glad you asked…   We’re accepting applications through December 2018. Please be prepared to submit transcripts and references prior to your interview. We anticipate making our hiring decisions by end of January, 2019.  We’ve got you covered…   Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. We listen to what’s most important and continue to evolve our offering to support both our employees and their families.  Beyond strong health, retirement and time off benefits, Nordstrom is proud to offer: Commuter Benefits 100% Paid Parental Leave Charitable Giving and Volunteer Match Merchandise Discount Nordstrom Stock Purchase Plan  A few more important points...  The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.  Nordstrom will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.  Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest Nordstrom location, which can be identified at  www.nordstrom.com . 

Heats are taking place at regional and local Big Bang Fairs from late winter till late autumn. 04 October 19:   Big Bang Fair London Central 2018 27 June 19:  Big Bang Fair East Midlands 2019 13 March 19:  Big Bang Fair North Wales - 13th March 2018 21 November 18:  Testing Event 05 October 18:   Big Bang Fair London South 2018 04 October 18:  Big Bang Fair North East (Thursday) 2018 27 June 19:  Big Bang Fair South East - Wednesday 27th 2018 18 June 19:  Big Bang Fair West Midlands 2019 13 March 19:   Big Bang Fair South Wales - 19th April 2018 26 October 18:   Big Bang Fair Northern Ireland 2018 05 October 18:  Big Bang Fair London East 2018 Judging criteria and celebrity judges The judges will be looking for projects that score highly against the following main criteria: 1. Project concept  - what was the motivation behind your project and what were your aims?  2. Project process  - how well did you plan and organise your work? What sort of experiments and research did you do? Were you innovative or creative in your approach?  3. Project outcome  - how well did your project achieve its aims? Is your final product or report of a high quality? Does your project have a ‘real-world’ application?  4. Personal skills  - how well did you deal with any problems or challenges? How well do you communicate your project? Does your enthusiasm shine through?  Tips for a successful project Over the next few months, our judges will be presented with hundreds of projects. Make sure yours stands out by following our tips below! - Check out the judging criteria  our judges will score your project on four key areas: project concept, project process, project outcomes and personal skills.  Find out more about the judging criteria - Leave no stone unturned!  Know your project inside out and scrutinise your results. - Have you done your research?  Let our judges know about all of the materials you considered. - Think big!  Does your project have a real world application? Can it be commercialised? Do you have a business strategy? - Pick your stream and related disciplines carefully  select the topics that relate to your project to ensure that the right judges are marking your work. - Present your work clearly  if you are displaying graphs, tables or other figures, make sure everything has a title and is clearly labelled. - Show judges what you have achieved!  If your project involved creating a prototype or blueprints, upload an image or bring them with you to show our judges. If you did an experiment, take pictures or bring in the equipment you used and samples of your results. - Show your passion!  Make sure your enthusiasm for your project is communicated through your entry. - Make your stand as interesting and engaging as possible  if you are entering via our regional route. - Make every word count!  If you are entering via our online route you will have up to 5,000 characters for each of the main criteria areas. Make sure everything you include is relevant to your project. Note:  It’s only open to UK residents

DEADLINE: February 27, 2019 Team Structure Three or four students in the same  grade  and  state One Team Advisor Student Students must be  enrolled  in either  6th, 7th, 8th or 9th grade  at a U.S.-based public or private school, a Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) school abroad or a U.S.-based home school. All students must be a U.S. Citizen or a Lawful Permanent Resident in order to participate in the competition. Team Advisor Team Advisors  must be a teacher, coach, counselor, or leader in a youth organization  and at least  21 years of age . Team Advisors  must have access to an active email account . A parent may serve as a Team Advisor as long as the parent is known at the student's school/organization and has education or youth leadership experience while also meeting the other eligibility requirements of a Team Advisor. How to Compete 1. Create Your Team 2. Identify a Problem in Your Community 3. Work Together to Explore the Problem 4. Share Your Findings and Win Prizes  

DEADLINE: May 17, 2019 The Big Science Competition is an easy way to challenge students from years 7 to 10 and track their performance against state or national averages. It’s a 50 minute, multiple choice competition testing critical thinking and problem solving skills, not just factual recall, so you can find out what’s really going on inside their heads. Questions are set in real-life, contemporary contexts, making them relatable (and interesting).  Take a look at some sample questions. Competition questions in the Big Science Competition are aligned with the Australian Curriculum – Science.  Science inquiry skills: including identifying and formulating questions and hypotheses for testing; making predictions, collecting, analysing and evaluating data and drawing valid conclusions; interpreting and communicating information through appropriate representations and media.  Science as a human endeavour: including the development of science knowledge and processes across cultures and over time; its application in areas of human endeavour; its significance in informing personal and societal decisions and actions; and the influence society has on science.  Science understanding: core concepts relating to Biological, Chemical, Earth and Space Sciences, and Physical Sciences that are designated at each stage.