09/22/2021
By Holly Lalos
The Rist DifferenceMaker college-based competition applications are now open! If you have an idea you would like to pursue, or see a problem you would like to solve, please consider applying to a college-based competition today. If you don’t have an idea, and would like to get involved, you can join a team! Please contact DifferenceMaker@uml.edu.
DifferenceMaker College-based Competitions:
Manning School of Business/Digital Federal Credit Union Innovation Contest
- Apply by Oct. 22: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
- Open to all UMass Lowell students
- Banking or finance ideas
- Sponsored by Jim Regan ’88, Manning School of Business, President and CEO, Digital Federal Credit Union
- Thousands of dollars in CASH prizes
Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
- Apply by Oct. 22: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
- Open to all students – 1 engineering major required per team
- Any idea is welcomed! However, you must build your idea into a mock-up or prototype (reimbursements are available for materials up to $100)
- Sponsored by the Francis College of Engineering
- $7,000 in funding
Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Creative Community Competition *NEW*
- Apply by Oct. 22: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
- Open to all students – 1 FAHSS major required per team
- Community-based ideas
- Sponsored by Glenn Morgan, ’86, FAHSS, Chief Operating Officer, Fuseideas
- $5,000 in funding
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions