Published on Thursday31stJanuary2013

Calling all enterprising students to ‘Think Outside the Box’

From L to R: Minister for Small Business, John Perry, Ms Dearbhaile Forde of DRS.ie and Justin Conboy, Winners of the 2012 Think Outside the Box Awards.

The 2013 Enterprise Ireland Think Outside the Box Awards have been launched as part of a major drive aimed at tapping into the potential for students and young people to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into commercial businesses. With a €30,000 prize fund and an additional €30,000 consultancy fund, this is Ireland’s largest and longest established third-level student enterprise competition. The Think Outside the Box Awards are co-sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland, Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys, Grant Thornton and Intel, are open to all full time third level students in the island of Ireland.