Timeline
We want to know all about you, your idea, what inspired it and how you can take it to the next level.
The first step is your chance to pitch us your big idea.
This entails entering the official online application form, answering a handful of key, preliminary questions and submitting it by the contest’s deadline.
From there, all of your personal and identifying information will be redacted/blacked out (we like a fair competition absent of biases, folks!) before our judges review the competing ideas. If your idea impresses at this stage, you’ll be invited to the second phase of the BIG IDEA CHALLENGE.
Phase two means business.
You’ll be asked to provide a video that further introduces yourself and your idea. You’ll also be asked to provide a more formal business plan for bringing that idea of yours to life. Another round of judging will follow and, if you pass the test, it’s on to the final phase.
Those invited to the final phase will present their idea in-person to a panel of judges.
(And, yes, there will be some very familiar faces!) Following the final/in-person presentation phase, the judges will decide the winner(s) of the BIG IDEA CHALLENGE.
Now that you know what to expect, here are some important dates to keep in mind:
31 March
1 April
Applications are CLOSED for the 2022 challenge and the judging/selection process is underway.
The official rules and regulations of the BIG IDEA CHALLENGE may be accessed here.
13-20 May
15 July
16 July
5 August
22 October
1 December
The official rules and regulations of the BIG IDEA CHALLENGE may be accessed here.
