Have an idea on how to change the world?  Burning up with ideas to help the environment, society, business, your friends, social media or anything else you can dream up?  UMBC wants to give you $750 for telling us your idea!  How can you win cash for your innovative solution?  Read on!

The UMBC Idea competition is designed to challenge you to think about problems facing society and what you can do to help.  If UMBC is one of the most innovative schools in the nation, then UMBC students are just the kind of innovators that can really change the world.  Now’s your chance to see it happen.

Entering is easy!  Go to www.umbc.edu/ideacomp to enter your idea before March 15th at 5pm.  Ideas can be inspired by a new product or service that:

·         meets a need in the marketplace or improves society

·         improves the UMBC campus

·         engages more people in the arts and humanities

·         is part of a research project with commercial applications

·         is currently part of another class or team project
This is your chance to use your idea to win some cash! The top entries will be judged, live, by a panel of professionals and alumni along with a crowd of students at the final competition on April 18th