You’ll gain new skills, knowledge, ways of thinking, friends and opportunities:

• The opportunity to pitch for a share in a huge $14K AUD prize pool.

• Access to industry coaches with extensive "been there-done that" experience.

• Opt in educational hands on workshops.

• Access to a world-class Makerspace and startup community.

• The opportunity to represent UNSW in the Semi-finals at an international location.

Participants retain the copyright and any other intellectual property rights in their idea and startup. Except in some cases for research-related ideas in accordance with the UNSW IP Policy.

• Be a current UNSW (under/post-grad) student or HDR candidate at the time of application

• Teams must comprise of at least 3 and no more than 5 members

• Submit the application form

• All students must be from UNSW, with an additional option to have one, that can be from a different university

• Your idea must create a measurable positive impact on people and the planet and support the United Nations in meeting its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.

Applications Close: Thursday 15th Feb 2024 5pm AEST

Qualifying heats (private): 22 and 23 February 2024

Finals Pitch Night: Thu 29th February 2024

The program will be delivered in person / on campus at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at UNSW Kensington.

For further information about the Hult Prize OnCampus Program, get in touch with us at MCIC@unsw.edu.au.

Step 1: Qualifiers - Feb 2024 (UNSW Founders OnCampus Program)

UNSW Founders is hosting the OnCampus Pitch Program. This is the first phase of the Hult Prize Competition. The program will end in a finals pitch night where the winner will go on to represent UNSW at the Semifinals Summits. There is $14K AUD up for grab in the UNSW round.

Step 2: Semifinals - June 2024

Hult Prize will host Summits in 8 cities across the world. Up to 650 competitors pitch their social venture ideas to panels of experts.

June 7th - June 8th: Mumbai, Nairobi, São Paulo

June 14th - June 15th: Boston, Monterrey

June 21st - June 22nd: Bangkok, Dubai, Lisbon.

**These dates are slightly subject to change.

The winning teams from each of these summits, and eight other startups selected through the 2nd Chance Round, will earn a spot at the first phase of the Global Accelerator.

Step 3: Global Accelerator - July to September 2024

Teams that make it to the Global Accelerator will go through a series of business challenges to fast-track building their companies. At the conclusion of the first phase, six startups will be selected to move to Phase 2. In Phase 2, the six finalists will be invited to the in-person phase of the Accelerator. (Location to be announced by Hult)

Step 4: Global Finals - September 2024

At the Global Finals, the six teams pitch their social ventures to a panel of distinguished judges with the hopes of being selected as the next winner of the US $1,000,000 Hult Prize.

Want to know more about the Hult Prize - check out their website here.

Hult Prize Competitor Toolkit (2024)

Hult Prize Digital Learning Hub - this year Hult is prepping you for success with its new learning hub.

The learning modules covered:

Human-Centric Design Thinking and Social Entrepreneurship

Building Effective Teams

U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and Impact Measurment

Creating Persuasive Pitches

Project Management

Link here - https://www.hult.edu/hp2024/