Environment YES (young entrepreneurs scheme) is an innovative NERC scheme intended to raise levels of entrepreneurial awareness and provide insight into the innovation process. It is open to all PhD students and post-doctoral researchers working in the environmental sciences.Environment YES is run as a competition with a three-day workshop providing training to teams of four or five members on all aspects of technology transfer.
Leading industry figures will attend and make presentations on such areas as:
- financial planning
- intellectual property (IP)
- marketing and evaluation
Participants use this knowledge to prepare and present a business plan for an 'imaginary' environmental or environmental technology start-up company, to a panel of experts. The panel will comprise business, financial and academic representatives taking the role of venture capitalists. The science can be theoretical but must fall within the NERC remit. Two teams from each workshop will be selected to progress through to the final with the opportunity to win the top prize of £1000.
Please note the closing date for applications is 27 May 2011.
