site search	About | Enter the Competition Competition Teams | Mentor a Team | Become a Judge Become a Sponsor | Contact Us The Materials Research Society is pleased to announce the Entrepreneurship Challenge – a competition designed to help our members develop the entrepreneurial skills that get ideas out of the lab and directly into the marketplace. Through the Entrepreneurship Challenge, scientists and business students will form “virtual teams” to develop a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation that will present a startup technology to a panel of venture capitalist judges.  The grand prize is $3,000 – and the top three teams will additionally receive meeting registration plus travel funding of up to $3,000 each to present their entries at the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting.  Interested?  Read more about the competition. Then, here's how to get started. Got an idea? Scientists – Post your technology ideas and resumes to the site for business students seeking opportunities to market new technologies. Interested in bringing a new technology to market? Business students – Post your resumes to the site for scientists seeking partners to bring their technologies to market. Form your team. Prospective participants – Browse the posted technologies and resumes. Then, make contact to solicit partners and create your “virtual team”. Once formed, register your team for the competition. Create and submit your PowerPoint presentation. Registered Teams – Utilize the instructions, examples and educational resources provided to learn how to best pitch your new technology and create your competition entry.   (R) Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company. Home •  News • Society Information •  Site Map • Comments • Search  • Contacts Meetings • Membership • Publications • Marketing Opportunities • Materials Connections Search the Site ©1995-2005 Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Drive Warrendale PA 15086-7573 USA Phone: 724.779.3003, Fax: 724.779.8313 General Information: Web site comments/questions:	Dates to Remember 9/1/2005 Competition Start Date 12/15/2005 Team Registration Deadline 1/23/2006 Entry Postmark Deadline 3/1/2006 Semi-finalists Notification   The Entry Process STEP 1 Form Your Team STEP 2 Register Your Team STEP 3 Create Your Presentation