Dare to Dream Different Challenge Contest: Microsoft Corporation

Event: Dare to Dream Different Challenge Contest

Organized By: Microsoft Corporation

Key dates:
Round one: Deadline for Submission of Idea: December 15, 2008.

HP Innovate 09: Undergraduate Student Contest

Event: HP Innovate 09, INDIA

Organized By: HP India

Key dates:

• Submission of Abstracts: January 5, 2009
• Announcement of Short-Listed Abstracts: February 6, 2009
• Submission of Final Paper: March 16, 2009
• Announcement of top 5 Papers: April 24, 2009
• Award Ceremony: May 15, 2009

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference and Research Student Competition

Suggested by Prabhu Hari

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference and Research Student Competition

Organised By: Congrex and European Space Agency

Key Dates:
Deadline for Sending abstracts: December 1, 2008

FuturArc Prize 2009: International Design Competiton for Green Architecture

Event: FuturArc Prize 2009

Organized By: FuturArc Journal

Key Dates:
Deadlines for Online Submissions: December 31, 2008

Ventura: The International Business Plan Competition

Event: Ventura 09 B-Plan Competition (Website)

Organised By: E-Cell, NIT-Trichy

Key dates:
Deadline for submission of Executive summary: December 5, 2008
Mentoring Process: Till January 31, 2009
Final Presentation: February 28, 2009

Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge

Event: Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge

Organized By: Airbus

Key Dates:
Deadline for Registrations and Round 1: December 1, 2008
Round 2: January 1, 2009- March 31, 2009
Round 3: May 1, 2009 – June 18, 2009

For whom: The contest is open to college and university students from around the world, studying for a degree, Masters or PHD from any academic discipline.

MTV Venture: Dream It. Do It. Challenge

Suggested by Gautham

MTV Venture: Dream It. Do It. Challenge

Organised By:
MTV Switch and Ashoka GenV

Key Dates:
Deadline for Submission of Ideas: December 31, 2008

Global Challenge Awards

Global Challenge Awards

Organised by: Global Challenge

Key Dates:
Registration is open year around and the main activities run from September to April each year

For Whom:
All students who are not yet in college are invited to participate. Materials are aimed for students aged 14-17, but welcome all who are not yet in college. There are two ways to participate – as an individual or as part of a team. For team projects, you select a friend and, if you would like, an adult (called a Country Team) and then join forces with a similar team from another country (to form an International Team).

Intel’s INSPIRE – EMPOWER Challenge

Event: Intel’s INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge

Organized By: INTEL Corporation

Key Dates:
Deadline for registration and submission: January 31, 2009.

For whom:
The contest is open to all individuals, developers and organizations worldwide, as well as the general public.

The PSoCTM Innovator Design Challenge India 2008

Event: The PSoC^TM Innovator Design Challenge India 2008

Organized By: PSoC IDC India

Key dates:
The registrations have already started.
Deadline for Submitting proposals: November 15, 2008

For whom:
The contest is open to Engineering and Science students from universities in India.

Details:
The PSoC^TM Innovator Design Challenge India 2008: (PSoC IDC India), is designed to recognize and award innovative uses of Cypress ^® PSoC family of devices.  To enter the Contest, participants must submit an abstract explaining their design idea and how the PSoC device will be used in the design using online form located on the official contest web site: www.psocidcindia.com .

The design must use Cypress PSoC devices in an innovative manner and there must be a working prototype in order to win the contest.  There are two tracks to choose from: wired and wireless.  The kits to be used are the CY3210-PSOCEVAL1-U for the wired design and the CY3209EXPRESSEVK for the wireless design.

The design kits will be provided at a significant discount for the contest entrants. The contest entrants can buy CY3210-PSOCEVAL1-U at Rs.2000/- and CY3209EXPRESSEVK at Rs.3000/.

For More Details:
Homepage: http://www.psocidcindia.com/
Email: idc@psocidcindia.com
Download the Rules here.

Sony Ericsson Content Awards 2008

Event: Sony Ericsson Content Awards 2008

Organized By: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Key Dates:
The registrations are now open.
Last date for submissions: November 30,2008.
The competition  will end February on 5, 2009

For Whom:
The Competition is open only to registered legal entities, excluding any of the affiliated companies of the Organizer. (more on this here)

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC Innovation Challenge 2008

Organized By: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC , INDIA

Key Dates:

The Registration for Innovation Challenge 2008 are now open.

• Last date for Registration – 16th November 2008
• Last date for submission of entries – 16th November 2008
• Declaration of short listed teams – 28th November 2008
• Final Presentations at Schneider Electric Bangalore – 1st or 2nd Week of December 2008

For Whom:

The contest is open to under-graduates of all engineering streams.

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge

Organised By:
USAID and Global Development Commons.

Key Dates:
Submission Period: October 13,2008- November 28,2008
Community Voting period: December 1-12, 2008
Annoucement of Winners: January 15, 2008

Digital Media and Learning Competition 2008

Suggested by Mandy Dailey

Event: Digital Media and Learning Competition 2008 (Website)

Organised By:
HASTAC and MacArthur Foundation

Key Dates:
Deadline for Applications: October 15, 2008

TATA NEN Hottest startups Awards

Suggested by Shubha 

Event: TATA NEN Hottest startups Awards (Website)

Organised By: Tata Groups and NEN

Key dates:
Phase 1:
Nominations closes on October 22, 2008
August 27, 2008 – November 5, 2008
Phase 2:
November 6, 2008 – December 23, 2008

The Deshpande Fellowship Program

Suggested by Dibya Challa

The Deshpande Fellowship Program (Website)

Offered By: The Deshpande Foundations

Key dates:
Last date for application- September 20, 2008

2nd Annual Base of the Pyramid Narrative Competition – 2008

Event: 2nd Annual Base of the Pyramid Narrative Competition – 2008 (Website)

Organised By: Cornell University, The Johnson School, Centre for Sustainable Global Enterprise & United States Agency for International Development

Key dates: October 5, 2008

For Whom: Open to all students and Professionals.

VI Mantra 2008! -Virtual Instrumentation Paper Presentation Contest

Event : VI Mantra 2008! (Website).

Organized By : National Instruments, India.

Key Dates :
Last Date for submission of abstracts: 20 Aug, 2008
Call for Final Papers: 25 Aug, 2008
Last date for submission of papers: 25 Sept, 2008

The SEVEN Fund $50k VINE Project

Event: The SEVEN Fund $50k VINE Project (Website)

Organised By: The SEVEN Fund

Key dates:
Phase I –Initial Submission: July 15 – November 15, 2008
Phase II –Collaboration: November 15 – December 15, 2008
Phase III –Voting and Awards: January 2009

Sun-Ericsson IMS client-server application Competition

Suggested by Ashwin Bhat

Event: Sun-Ericsson Application Competition (Website)

Organised By: Sun Microsystems and Sony Ericsson

Key Dates:
Deadline for Entry Submissions:September 30, 2008