Call for Parmee Prize entries
We are pleased to announce that the 2015-16 Parmee Prize competition is now open to all Pembroke graduate and undergraduate students. While the winning entry will receive £1,000, all applicants will receive a unique combination of advice, practical support and also potential further funding.
Previous winners have continued to benefit from on-going mentoring and support since their success in the competition.
If you have a business idea, or a research project with business potential, then enter the 2015-16 Parmee Prize competition and let our panel of entrepreneurs help you take it to the next stage. This prize is generously sponsored by Richard Parmee (1970), who is a William Pitt Fellow at the College and runs a local business, Cheyney Group.
Whether your project comes out of formal research, or your own interests, you could benefit from the panellists´ mentoring and contacts. Most, if not all, of the panellists are Pembroke alumni, and have a wealth of commercial and technical experience. Ideas from joint projects involving at least one Pembroke student are welcome, as long as the Pembroke member of the team takes the lead during the presentation.
This is an extraordinary opportunity for Pembroke students, and one that offers much more than the prize of £1,000. Further mentoring and funding could help you take your idea to market, and realise its full business potential.
If you are interested but would like to discuss the competition before applying please contact Jane Moorman in the Development Office, on (3)32598, email corporate@pem.cam.ac.uk.
To apply please complete the online application form at https://sites.google.com/site/parmeeprize/home/application-form. You can also download a Word document of the application form and send it to me instead if you prefer. You may also send me any support documents that you feel may be useful.
All entries should be received by 9 am on Wednesday 20 January 2016. If more applications are received than can be dealt with on the night, Richard Parmee and a small group of interested alumni will look at the entries and decide which should go forward into the competition itself. They will offer help and advice to all entrants via the website, prior to the competition evening on Wednesday 2 March. Competitors will make a presentation to the panel of judges and a small audience and the winner will be announced on the night before a dinner for entrants, judges and guests. The exact timing of the event will depend on the number of applicants but will be from approximately 4 pm, and all candidates will be expected to attend the dinner.
Visit https://sites.google.com/site/parmeeprize for further information about earlier competitions.