Big Ideas Contest

Big Ideas is an annual contest and year-long accelerator for mission-driven ventures. It gives interdisciplinary teams of UC Berkeley students training, networks, mentoring and funding. Since its founding in 2006, it has supported early-stage, student-led projects that tackle social problems, whether through for-profit ventures, nonprofits or small ad hoc teams.

Many participants are entering their first innovation contest or writing their first real-world proposal. The contest is supported by the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation and run by UC Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies.