ASU Innovates - Loay Edits

2020 "ASU INNOVATES" COMPETITION

ASU INNOVATES is an annual competition that aims to build a community and stimulate innovation at Ain Shams University by challenging participants to come up with an innovative idea that solve an existing problem or add value in any discipline, including technology, entertainment, design, science, humanities, business and development. It also encourages the existing doers in the entrepreneurial scene of ASU community to present and share their entrepreneurial experience.
Contestants will join a journey that provides them with the knowledge, skills, mentoring, exposure, facilities and support to realize their dreams and launch their startups.

Applicants may apply with ....

An Idea

You can apply with just an idea targeting to fulfill the needs of a certain customer segment. And throughout the competition you will be guided to develop your idea into a concept with a validated business model and proof-of-concept/prototype.

A Prototype

You might have already started and already have a prototype. Accordingly, you can apply with your prototype , and throughout the competition you will be guided to further validate/develop your business model and further advance your prototype.

Applicants could be ....

Undergrads

You can be an undergraduate from any discipline

Alumni

You can be an ASU alumni

Researchers

You could be a professor, post-doc or young researcher

Student Clubs

You can be applying as an ASU student club/activity

Accepted Applicants will enjoy the following benefits:

Bootcamp

Accepted applicants will be admitted into an intensive bootcamp providing the needed capacity building in the fields of entrepreneurship, marketing, legal, ...etc

Mentors

Accepted applicants will be guided throughout the competition by experienced mentors from the different fields. Mentorship sessions will be flexible and on-demand

Co-working Space

Accepted applicants will be allowed to use the iHub co-working spaces across campus. These iHub spaces are well equipped to allow young innovators to collaborate

Access to Equipment

Accepted applicants will be given to access to use iHub wet and measurement labs, in addition to its rapid prototyping workshops to convert their ideas into real proof-of-concepts and prototypes

Application Starts:       16/12/2019
Interviews:                    12/01/2020
Bootcamp:                    01/02/2020
Mentoring Starts:        15/02/2020
Screening Pitch:           22/02/2020
Final Demo:                  18/04/2020

Application Form

Please fill the form in English. Responses in Arabic will not be considered. However, you can upload documents in Arabic in the related field below.

* Indicates required field

Name *

Email *

Contact Number *

National ID/Passport Number *

You are applying as ... *

Academic Degree you last obtained or are currently seekingg *

Startup name *

Do you have functional prototype? *

In which sector is your startup *

What is your role/position? *

Number of team members "including you" *

What is the problem you are trying to solve? *

What is your innovative idea, solution or approach to solve the problem? *

Who are the beneficiaries of your innovation (i.e youth, women, elderly, the disabled?) *

State the your startup milestones or achievements. *

What's your short term action plan and your long term goals? *

Have you participated in any (Entrepreneurship programs, external conferences, Mentorship Program, Start-ups accelerators/ incubators…) Please Provide us with details. *

Upload Your Business Model Canvas and any supporting documents as a single PDF or compressed ZIP file *

Max file size: 20MB

If you have any supportive links please add them here. "Facebook page, Website, LinkedIn account" *

Extra supporting documents in Arabic if available *