Prize

Airwallex People’s Choice Award

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Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for automatic consideration

Benefit amount

Up to $1,000

Eligible study level

Graduate research

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Airwallex People’s Choice Award is supported by Industry Partners and is awarded to the team of graduate researchers with the most outstanding pitch at the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre Startup Competition Finals Pitching event, as voted by the attending audience.

Benefits

This award provides a one-off payment of $1000 per team.

Amount:

Up to $1,000

Duration:

One-off

Quantity:

At least 1

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this award, you must:

  • Be enrolled in a graduate research degree at the University of Melbourne
  • Be finalists from the preliminary round of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre Startup Competition
  • Pitch live for up to three minutes and engage in a question-and-answer session of up to two to three minutes.

Selection criteria

The award is offered to the eligible candidate(s) ranked highest by the attending audience based on their presentation.

In the event of a tie, the award will be awarded to the team ranked highest by the selection panel.

Study level:

Graduate research

Student type:

Domestic and international students

Study stage type:

Current study

Study area:

Agricultural and veterinary sciences; Architecture, building, planning and design; Arts, humanities and social sciences; Business and economics; Education; Engineering; Environment; Health; Information technology and computer science; Law; Music, visual and performing arts; Science

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Application

How to apply

You are automatically considered.

Status:

Open for automatic consideration

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