DifferenceMaker College-based Competition Applications CLOSE for your Students 10/21

10/14/2022
By Holly Lalos

If your students have an idea they would like to pursue, or see a problem they would like to solve, please encourage them to apply to a DifferenceMaker college-based competition: https://www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions. If they don’t have an idea, and would like to get involved, they can join a team. Please have them contact DifferenceMaker@uml.edu.

DifferenceMaker College-based Competitions Close 10/21:

• 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