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PolyU Student Entrepreneurial Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding Scheme is a funding initiative launched in 2017 as one of the key entrepreneurship education components at PolyU which aims to instil a problem-driven innovation mindset into young talents through experiential learning and student-initiated research and development.


 Eligibility

A team formed by students, staff or alumni of PolyU/ HKCC/ SPEED with at least one current student (undergraduate or postgraduate) from collaboration faculty/school/department as Principal Applicant

Targeted Project Nature
Innovative ideas that can tackle real-life industry problems

Prizes
HKD 5,000 for Basic Prize, with opportunity to be nominated to other entrepreneurship programmes

Application Period
A series of specialized cohorts, each tailored to a specific industry sector will be run throughout the year

Training Element
Design Thinking Training Videos

POC Funding Scheme 2024/25 – Cohort 1 (Hotel and Tourism Management focus) is now calling for application

 

Eligibility

A team formed by students, staff or alumni of PolyU/ HKCC/ SPEED with at least one current student (undergraduate or postgraduate) from School of Hotel and Tourism Management as Principal Applicant (PA) (Team size: max. 5).

 

Important Dates

Application Deadline 1 PM, 14 October 2024 (Mon)

Design Thinking Training (1 hour) Completed by 26 November 2024 (Tue)

Proposal Submission Deadline 1PM, 27 November 2024 (Wed)

Result Announcement December 2024

 

Assessment Criteria

  • Research & development (20%)
  • Innovativeness of the proposed idea (40%)
  • Business development potential (20%)
  • Team competency (20%)

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    You have the right to request for access and correction of your personal data held by PolyU. Any data access and correction request according to the Ordinance should be made in writing to POC by email at sepoc@polyu.edu.hk. A fee may be imposed for processing your data access request.

     

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