This competition is designed around the concept of a virtual team – individuals dispersed in time and space, but linked by the Internet. Each team must include one materials researcher who is currently an MRS member in good standing, and one business school student, but are otherwise quite flexible. Team members can use postings on this website to find each other, or they can locate appropriate partners outside this website.
To use the website to form your team, materials researchers (MRS members) can post their ideas along with their resumes and business school students can post their resumes. Once you have identified a potential partner, call/email the prospective team member using the contact information posted. Team members are expected to collaborate primarily by email or conference call, with no requirement for in-person meetings. Entry presentations are also virtual, in the sense that no in-person presentation is required for the entry submission. Each team will create a narrated PowerPoint presentation and mail the resulting file on CD-ROM to MRS where they will be posted for remote judging by the panel of venture capitalist judges.
Opportunities for teams to get together in person include an information session at the Sheraton Boston Hotel (Monday, November 28, 8 pm) at the 2005 MRS Fall Meeting for all team members to meet each other, as well as network with corporate sponsors, mentors, and members of the task force who created the competition. In addition, the Semi-Finalists are expected to give an in-person presentation (date TBD) at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel at the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting, to introduce their work to the MRS membership. A celebratory dinner for Semi-Finalists on that same evening will allow them to further network with corporate sponsors, judges, and interested venture capitalists.
Post an Idea
Your idea can be posted to attract potential partners by submitting a completed Idea Form. (NOTE -- submission is now closed.) You do not have to post an idea form if you are not soliciting partners through this website. If you are posting an idea, you will need to simultaneously post a resume so prospective partners know how to contact you.
Ideas and resume submission is now closed. (Submission period ran from September 1 through December 15, 2005.)
You may ask to have your idea removed at any time by sending your request to entrepreneurs@mrs.org; this option may be useful for those who have formed a complete team and do not wish to receive additional inquiries.
Post a Resume
Resumes from both materials researchers and business school students are to be one page (US Letter) in length maximum (strictly enforced) using a 10 point font size. All margins must be a minimum of one inch. Resumes should include the following information:
- Name
- Contact Information (mailing address, email address, phone, fax)
- Career Experience
- Other Relevant Experience (subheadings could include volunteer activities, elected/appointed positions, awards, publications - if there are many publications, participants should simply list the number and the area of expertise)
- Hyperlink address for Personal Web site (optional)
Resumes must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and can be posted by completing a Resume Form.
Ideas and resume submission is now closed. (Submission period ran from September 1 through December 15, 2005.)
Resumes that do not adhere to the 1 page limit will not be posted.
Please note that resumes posted on the website are publicly viewable. Entrants may ask to have their resumes removed at any time by sending a request to entrepreneurs@mrs.org; this option may be useful for those who have formed a complete team and do not wish to receive additional inquiries.
Using the Website to Form Your Team
Registered entrants are invited to use this website to form their teams. Materials researchers (MRS members) can browse the resumes of registered business school students to identify potential competition partners. Business school students can browse the posted ideas and associated resumes of registered materials researchers.
Once you have identified a potential team member, use the information posted to contact the participant and form your team.
Forming Your Team Off-line
Prospective entrants are welcome to form their teams off-line, bypassing the use of the matchmaking website. The minimum requirement of one MRS member in good standing and one business school student applies to all teams. Please note that all teams, including teams formed off-line, must register to be eligible for the competition. The two team leaders listed on the Team Registration Form must each provide a resume according to the instructions at Post a Resume by December 15, 2005.
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