Hult Prize at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is an on-campus competition which precedes the International Hult Prize Competition. It is sponsored by the Center of Entrepreneurship and International Business Club at Nebraska. The theme for this year's competition is to develop an idea which can provide meaningful jobs to 10,000 young people within the next decade.
Winning teams will be announced at the conclusion of the contest and will advance to the regional Hult Prize Competition. The series of events is sponsored by Hult Prize Foundation (a start-up accelerator for budding young social entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s universities), the United Nations, Hult International Business School and the Bill Clinton Foundation. The international grand champions will be awarded $1 million to seed their social enterprise.
The Hult Prize on-campus competition is open to University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, including graduates and undergraduates. The competition will take place in the College of Business on November 16, 2018. This is also the final day of International Education Week.
Hult Prize schedule: November 16, 2018
9:00 a.m. Check in for judges opens, continental breakfast available
9:25 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
9:30 a.m. Hult Prize Competition presentations
9:45-11:45 a.m. First round of pitches (teams will be notified regarding times)
12 :00 p.m. Feedback to competitors
12:15-2:45 p.m. Lunch provided
3:00 p.m. Final round of pitches
3:30 p.m. Guest speakers and judges’ deliberation
4:00 p.m. Winners Announcement, wrap-up and closing