Big Ideas@Berkeley is providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students, across 18 campuses, who have ‘Big Ideas.’

The 2014-2015 Big Ideas@Berkeley Competition is now open to students with big ideas.

Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has inspired high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world’s most pressing problems.

All Big Ideas applicants have access to the following resources to help them develop their projects:

• Up to $15,000 in funding!!
• Extensive feedback from judges.
• Proposal writing and budgeting workshops.
• Access to advisors and practitioners in residence.
• Extended, 8-week, mentorship period for finalist teams.
• Networking opportunities.
• All events will be streamed live so that students from all eligible campuses can ask questions: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/resources/workshop/

2014-15 Big Ideas Contest Categories Open to USAID Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) Campuses:

• Conflict and Development
• Food System Innovations
• Global Health
• Mobiles For Reading
• Open Data for Development

To learn more visit the Big Ideas website: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/

Submissions are due by November 13, 2014