HSUHK Innovation Project Competition 2023

• All current HSUHK full-time undergraduate students are eligible to participate.
• Participants must form a project team of 2 to 4  students and submit the application form  by 23:59, 30 December 2022 (Friday) (Participating project teams DO NOT need to submit proposals in the application stage ).
• At least 50% of their teammates should sign up for all the workshops and activities lined up. The attendance may affect their chance of being shortlisted/ will be shown in the marking sheet.
• Each project team may submit ONE entry only.
• Each project team has to devise an original proposal to address the identified social need(s) or issue(s) relevant to the HSUHK campus and at least one SDGs.
• The entry must be the students’ own work demonstrating their innovative concept, creative design/modelling, as well as its practicability and impact.

• The entry shall be a proposal outlining a campus innovation project, which may be in the form of an advocacy event, a start-up, a collaboration with NGO(s), an enhancement plan for an existing project of our campus, etc.
• The proposal should illustrate the following content:
  – Need or problem identification
  – Existing solution(s) (if any)
  – Proposed solution(s) (including format, timeline, operation details, budget, expected difficulties and solutions, etc.)
  – Expected impact to the beneficiaries and/or the University
• Each team has to submit a proposal with the following requirements:
  – MUST be in Powtoon or PowerPoint format
  – Maximum 30 slides for Powerpoint or 5 minutes for Powtoon
  – Any text, images and videos can be included
  – In English (use Chinese only for projects related to Chinese culture)
  – Submitted electronically via the Proposal Submission Google Form by 17 March 2023 23:59.
• Participating project teams will be invited to give a 3-minute pitch on their projects at the Pitching Competition on 30 March 2023. The organisers may shortlist the teams for the Pitching Competition if they receive a large number of entries.

– The judge panel reserves the right to shortlist the participating project teams for the Pitching Competition.
– Each (shortlisted) project team must send at least one member to attend the Pitching Competition to compete for the awards.
– A panel of judges will be appointed to assess the entries based on the following criteria:

• • Innovativeness (25%)
  • Relevance and impact (25%)
  • Proposal write-up (30%)
  • Presentation (20%)

• Champion: HK$20,000 and an award certificate
• 1st runner-up: HK$10,000 and an award certificate
• 2nd runner-up: HK$5,000 and an award certificate
• 4 Special Prizes in selected categories (if deemed applicable): HK$3,000 each and an award certificate

– The awarded teams will also be recommended to join the Pre-Incubation Programme organised by the Wu Jieh Yee Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WUCIE).
– The results will be announced shortly after the Pitching Competition at the Award Presentation Ceremony.
– The awarded project teams must attend the Award Presentation Ceremony to receive the awards.
– The organisers reserve the right of rescheduling the date of the Award Presentation Ceremony depending on the situation.
– The decision of the judge panel is final.

• The organisers reserve the right not to accept any application submitted in response to this Competition and the right to interpret, amend, supplement the terms and conditions in the guidelines.
• The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any team that violates the rules, conditions or spirit of the Competition. In case of any dispute, any decision made by the organisers shall be final and conclusive.
• All materials submitted must be original work and must not contain any unauthorised use of copyrighted or proprietary materials of any person or entity. Any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification. Use of thoughts or work of another source must be properly referenced.

The Library has prepared an informative Resource Guide for participants of the  HSUHK Innovation Project Competition 2023  to kickstart the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) research. For more information about the Guide and the use of relevant resources, please feel free to Ask a Librarian.