Sponsors
Sponsorship for the competition is provided by various sources, either by providing monetary prizes or time and practical advice and expertise at the competition itself.
Loughborough University is the main coordinating University and uses funding provided by the ESPRC for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship transferable skills training. A number of teams from Loughborough are entered in this year’s competition, and speakers and mentors from Loughborough will also contribute.
The University of Nottingham provides organisational support, including providing and sourcing speakers, mentors and fielding a team.
The Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon provides extensive administrative support and plays a major role in coordinating the competition, in addition to sponsoring the Best Teamwork prize.
Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon
The Institute of Engineering and Technology provides free individual membership for the winning team.
Sponsored by the East Midlands Network
Potter Clarkson provides the prize for Best Intellectual Property and provides a speaker, mentor and judge for the competition.
Harvey Ingram provides a judge for the competition.
We would also like to thank the following for providing support in the form of speakers, mentors and judges for the 2009 competition:
Rolls Royce
Mercia Technology Seed Fund
Potter Clarkson
Business Link EM
Promethean Particles
Laser Optical Engineering
Bralesford Engineering Services
Micropore Technologies Ltd
Allott Associates
Sponsors providing similar support in 2010 will be listed in early May.
