Technology Innovation Challenge: Intent to Compete Form

Terms & Conditions:

Team Structure

• Innovation Teams must consist of at least one high-achieving full-time UMass Amherst graduate student, undergraduate senior, or recent alum (grad or undergrad) who graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst after February 2004.
• The organizers of the competition recommend each team consist of 2 to 6 people.
• The team must have at least one full time member of the UMass Amherst faculty as an advisor.

Status of Technology/Concept

• The technology/concept, or company must be from a company that began operating after February 2004. Also, it may not be a subsidiary of or receiving financial support from another company.
• Any technology/concept and/or team that has received funding from angel investors or venture capitalists are ineligible. Those that have received funding from friends and family or won other business plan competitions are eligible to compete.

Ownership of Concept/Technology

• All work, ideas, and/or concepts submitted must be the original work of the team, exclusively.
• The team leader does not need to be the owner of the idea, concept, or technology, but the people who have ownership of it must be a team member or advisor.
• The technology/concept cannot be under:

1. a verbal or written contractrual agreement
2. a university, government, or company disclosure policy
3. another restriction that prohibits competing in a business plan competition, using the technology for personal use without informing others, or disclosing the the technology/concept to others

Number of Entries

• Participants and faculty advisors are restricted to participation in a single team.

The intent to compete form will be used to confirm eligibility of the team members, advisor(s) and technology. The proposal contents will be confidential to faculty and staff administering the competition.

The Technology Innovation Challenge reserves the right at anytime to disqualify any team for not meeting the terms and conditions.

Submissions

1. The Executive Summary and Mini-Plan entries must be in Microsoft Word format.
2. The maximum file size for each entry is 1MB.
3. When you submit your document you will need your team name and the password you enter below.
4. You should use the following naming convention when you create your document [teamname]-[teamleader]-[ES or MP].doc. Add ES for the Executive Summary submission and MP for the mini-plan submission. As an example, if I am submitting a mini-plan and my teamname is "Biotech" and my name is "John Doe", I would call the file "biotech-johndoe-MP.doc".

Required Fields - *

I have read and agree to terms and conditions. *

The team leader must complete the following information.

Team name:

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Password:

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In two to three sentences, please describe your business idea:

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Faculty Advisor

Name:

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School/Department:

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Email Address:

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Team Leader

First Name:

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Last Name:

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Email Address:

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Student ID #:

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Are you a full-time student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst?* Yes No

If yes, what school are you enrolled in?

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If yes, what is your expected degree and graduation date?

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If no, did you graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst after February 2004? * Yes No

If yes, what was your degree and major?

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If yes, what was your date of graduation?

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Team Members

Are you looking for additional team members? Yes No

If yes, how many team members?

If yes, please briefly describe the skills and background that you desire in teammates:

List Team Members

Name:                                             Affiliation: