Share Tweet Forward Upcoming Big Ideas Events Note: Some of our event dates have recently changed. Please see below and our website for the latest information! Get a jumpstart on your project and strengthen your Big Ideas submission by attending our events or coming in for an advising session! Pre-proposal Writing Workshop Tuesday, October 11 | 6:00pm PT | B100 Blum Hall Get guidance and feedback on how to effectively craft your Big Ideas pre-proposal. RSVP here ! Innovators@Cal Tuesday, October 18 | 6:00pm PT | B100 Blum Hall Innovators@Cal is an exciting event that fosters collaboration across the UC Berkeley campus for Cal entrepreneurs. It brings together students looking to form or join teams to support their innovative ideas for a night of pitches, team building, and inspirational speeches. RSVP your attendance here and register your interest to pitch here ! More events 3 page pre-proposal submissions due November 16, 12pm PT Subscribe to contest updates
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Upcoming Big Ideas Events
Note: Some of our event dates have recently changed. Please see below andour website for the latest information!
Get a jumpstart on your project and strengthen your Big Ideas submission byattending our events or coming in for an advising session!
Pre-proposal Writing WorkshopTuesday, October 11 | 6:00pm PT | B100 Blum HallGet guidance and feedback on how to effectively craft your Big Ideas pre-proposal.RSVP here!
Innovators@CalTuesday, October 18 | 6:00pm PT | B100 Blum HallInnovators@Cal is an exciting event that fosters collaboration across the UCBerkeley campus for Cal entrepreneurs. It brings together students looking to form orjoin teams to support their innovative ideas for a night of pitches, team building, andinspirational speeches. RSVP your attendance here and register your interest topitch here!
More events
3 page pre-proposal submissions due November 16, 12pm PTSubscribe to contest updates
The Blum Center’s Practitioners in Residence program connects on-campusinnovators and social entrepreneurs with a wide range of experts from industry, non-profits, government, and social enterprises. It's a unique opportunity to receive one-on-one real-world feedback and mentoring as you pursue social impact and developyour career.
Leila Makarechi, COO of Microclinic
International
Friday, October 7 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | Blum Center for
Vice-President of Program Management at Microclinic
International. Microclinic International is nonprofit
international organization aiming to revolutionize how
deadly diseases are prevented and managed worldwide.
She has experience working in Latin America, the
Caribbean, India, and the Middle East. RSVP here for a
30 minute consultation, space limited.
Naomi Baer, Stanford Center for Social
Innovation and Partners in Scale (past Net
Impact and Kiva)
Friday, October 14 | 10:00am - 1:00pm | Blum Center for
Developing Economies
Focus areas: financial inclusion, social impactmeasurement, strategy, scaling businesses.Naomi Baer is a current faculty member at the Center for
Social Innovation at Stanford and a current director at
Partners in Scale- a social sector strategy firm. She also
has managerial experience working at Net Impact and
Kiva. Naomi has previously served as a Big Ideas judge
so is a great resource for you as you prepare your pre-
proposals as well as being a great industry insider!RSVP here for a 30 minute consultation, space limited.
Big Ideas Alumni Update!
Back to the Roots are in the news! Have a look at how Big Ideas initiated theirentrepreneurial journey and the resources you can tap into like they did!
Back to the Roots co-founders Alejandro & Nikhil
were Big Ideas winners in 2009. Find out more about
Back to the Roots and their journey of
entrepreneurship to date here!
UC Berkeley D-Lab Workshops
Interested in conducting quantitative or qualitative research for your project? UC Berkeley'sD-Lab provides guidance to students on a range of research methods. All trainings areheld at Barrows 356: D-Lab Convening Room, check D-Lab's full calendar for workshopupdates and listings.
Finding Health Statistics and DataThursday, October 6, 2016 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Introduction to Data VisualizationWednesday, October 12, 2016 - 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Additional Opportunities
Apply for the Startup@BerkeleyLaw FORM+FUND Workshop SeriesStartup@BerkeleyLaw is pleased to announce the 2016-17 FORM+FUND WorkshopSeries at UC Berkeley. The FORM+FUND workshops are two-hour interactive programsthat address critical operational, financial, and legal components of starting and scaling asuccessful business. Each workshop features office hours hosted by leading Silicon Valleyattorneys and venture capitalists. Workshop capacity is extremely limited and priority willbe given to entrepreneurs that enroll in the full series.
Student Technology Fund- Call for ProposalsDo you have a tech idea that benefits Cal? The Student Technology Fund (STF) projectproposal submission process is now open for fast track projects with a cap of $5000 perproject. Learn more and apply here by October 9th.
Call for Innovations: Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge for Development
USAID's Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge for Development aims to increase
access to innovations that help farmers produce more food with less water, enhance water
storage, and improve the use of saline water and soils to produce food. It will provide up to
$2 million in funding for innovations improving water & food security. Learn more and apply
here by October 10.
Trafficked Film Screening
On Friday November 4th (6pm) The Blum Center is hosting one of the world's foremost
experts on human sex trafficking, Siddharth Kara, for a screening of his film Trafficked. The
event will also feature a panel for discussion. Food will be served. Register here!
The Rodenbury Prize
Do you have a daring idea that puts humanity first? Does it benefit a large population and
is scalable/replicable? Then submit your bold solution that delivers on the promise of
innovation, captures the spirit of discovery and embraces the power of diversity to benefit
all humanity. Learn more and apply here by November 16th.
Apply for Institute of International Studies Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
The IIS Undergraduate Merit Scholarship supports undergraduate research in any area of
international studies for an award of up to $2,000. Research may be conducted
independently, in congruence with an honors thesis, or while studying abroad. The
scholarship is open to any UC Berkeley junior or senior with a minimum 3.5 GPA who has
completed at least one semester of study in residence at Berkeley. Apply by November 14,
