09/21/2022
By Holly Lalos

The 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: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions. 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
    o Apply by Oct. 21: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
    o Open to all UMass Lowell students
    o Banking or finance ideas
    o Sponsored by Jim Regan ’88, Manning School of Business, President and CEO, Digital Federal Credit Union
    o Thousands of dollars in CASH prizes
    o Questions? Contact Patricia_Donald@uml.edu, Senior Assistant to the Dean
  • Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
    o Apply by Oct. 21: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
    o Open to all students – 1 engineering major required per team
    o Any idea is welcomed! However, you must build your idea into a mock-up or prototype (reimbursements are available for materials up to $100)
    o Sponsored by the Francis College of Engineering
    o $7,000 in funding
    o Questions? Contact Paulette_Brooks@uml.edu, Program Coordinator
  • Still Accepting Applications: Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Creative Community Competition *NEW*
    o Apply: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions
    o Open to all students – 1 FAHSS major and team leader required per team
    o Community-based ideas
    o Sponsored by Glenn Morgan, ’86, FAHSS, Chief Operating Officer, Fuseideas
    o $5,000 in funding
    o Questions? Contact Wael_Kamal@uml.edu, Assistant Dean

For more information and to apply, please visit: www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions