University of Toronto – Adams Sustainability Innovation Prize Competition

ByMaurice

Description:

The Adams Sustainability Innovation Prize is an annual competition offering $25,500 in prizes to recognize, reward and accelerate the U of T’s most innovative sustainability ideas. Ideas may be for market-based products or social innovation solutions.

Comments on Funding:

Participants will complete to win a share of the $25,500 prizes. The three winning teams will each receive $10,000, $7,500 and $5,000 respectively to develop their idea further.
There are three additional prizes of $1,000 each for teams.

Eligibility:

  • Applicants (teams) must have at least one founder who is a current U of T student, post doc or a recent alumnus (i.e., graduated no earlier than July 2019);
  • The competition is open to all faculties and sectors across the tri-campus;
  • If the team is a start-up company, applicants must have less than $25,000 cumulative funding or investment (not including research grants), and less than $25,000 cumulative revenue as of September 2022.

Applications Steps:

Applicants must:

Documentation Needed:

Applicants will submit:

  1. a completed application form;
  2. a completed Executive Summary;
  3. a plan on how the prize money will be used to accelerate the idea.

Other Things to Note:

Previous winners were in the folowing industries/sectors: Agriculture & Agrifood, Environment, Healthcare, Waste Management, Manufacturing Sector, Technology Sector.

About the author

Maurice

Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Ontario to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business. Click here to learn more about Moe’s background and how he can help your business.

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