10/02/2023
By Nicholas Jarek
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.
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. 20: https://www.uml.edu/dmregister
- Open to all UMass Lowell students – 1 business major required per team
- Banking or finance ideas
- Sponsored by Digital Federal Credit Union
- Thousands of dollars in CASH prizes
- Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
- Apply by Oct. 20: https://www.uml.edu/dmregister
- Open to all students – 1 engineering major required per team
- Any idea is welcomed! However, you must build your idea into a mock-up/prototype (reimbursements are available for materials up to $100)
- Sponsored by the Francis College of Engineering
- $5,500 in funding
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.uml.edu/collegecompetitions.