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PORSCHE AWARDS FOR YOUNG TALENTS IN ADVERTISING

Application Deadline: 31 January, 2024

LOCATION: Germany

Every year, the Porsche Awards honor young talents in advertising film. As the only international advertising award dedicated to encouraging young talents and that pursues no commercial interests, the Porsche Awards have a unique profile. The Porsche Awards have enjoyed great success over the years and has continuously gained in importance for both the advertising film industry and the press. If you are interested in the background of the award, please click here .

ELIGIBILITY:

Students from film schools, schools of art and design, apprentices, graduates and other budding directors in the field of film, television, advertising film and advertising in general throughout the world who have been on the market for less than 2 years can enter their films.

The submission to the Porsche Awards is free of charge.

The submitted films must have been produced in 2022/2023 and must not have been submitted to the Porsche Awards in any  previous year.

The submitted films must not have opening or closing credits and must not include a watermark from a university, this is to ensure that the jury can view the films with complete impartiality.

Films/projects in a language other than English must be submitted with English subtitles.

All rights (image rights, music rights) must be clarified!

The submitter confirms that the submitted film can be published on the online channels of the Porsche Awards, Porsche AG and others (for more see Rules of Entry) in the event of a nomination. If the rights cannot be granted as required, this leads to exclusion from the competition.

All films must be prepared with the following properties: File format: Quicktime H.264/Frame rate: 25 fps (or original framerate) Quality: 100% (optimal)/Encoding: VBR, Multipass (best quality) Data rate: 20,000 kbit/Sound: AAC 256 kbit/s, 48 kHz Resolution: HD: 1920×1080

If you want to submit a format other than film, please contact us at porsche-awards@filmakademie.de.

BENEFIT:

The winners in each category will each receive a trophy and a financial prize of €4,911.

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RICE ALLIANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION FOR GLOBAL STUDENTS STARTUPS

Application Deadline: 31 January, 2024

LOCATION: USA

With access to mentors, real-world experience and investment opportunities, the Rice Business Plan Competition helps graduate student founders from any university stay on target and realize their potential. Save the date for the next competition taking place from April 4-6, 2024 at Rice University, Houston, Texas.

ELIGIBILITY:

is student-driven, student-created and/or student-managed

has at least two current student founders or management team members, and at least one of those students is a current graduate degree-seeking student

are from a college or university anywhere in the world

has not raised more than $250,000 in equity capital prior to July 1, 2023

has not generated revenue of more than $100,000 in any 12-month period prior to July 1, 2023

is seeking funding or capital (or will be in the next 12 months)

is a potentially viable investment opportunity

BENEFIT:

In total, more than $1 million in investment and cash prizes are expected to be awarded at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition. While prizes are still being confirmed, we anticipate many of the same 2023 prizes, plus a few new opportunities. 

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