The Innovation Challenge is a competition that brings together UCLA students from all disciplines and backgrounds to collaborate to find technology-based solutions to complex societal problems. This year, we will be focusing on two areas: health care and sustainability.
The competition will award $100,000 in total prize money ($50,000 to sustainability and $50,000 to health care) to the top three teams in each track
All UCLA students are eligible. Each team must have three to five UCLA students, with at least one MBA student and one non-MBA student.
Innovation Challenge Competition Timeline
You can learn more about Innovation Challenge events on our website, via email by signing up to our mailing list or by joining the Innovation Challenge Slack.
A wide spectrum of workshops will be offered, such as forming a successful team, enterprise and design, developing a business plan, storytelling and understanding sustainability and health care industries.
Teams will be evaluated based on the following four criteria:
Mentors will be drawn from venture capitalists, angel investors, faculty, business executives, entrepreneurs and subject matter experts in health care and sustainability.