PROJECT ADVANCE 2025 AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION COMPETITION
- PROJECT ADVANCE
- FEB 2025
- UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
In alignment with our commitment to advancing the next generation, encouraging innovation, fostering innovation, and supporting community development, LeadHER Foundation proposes Project ADVANCE 2025. This initiative empowers female engineering students to identify and solve pressing agricultural problems within their local communities through engineering solutions..
Project ADVANCE 2025 INFORMATION
Project ADVANCE will be hosted by the University of Benin, Nigeria on February 2025. See below for important attendee dates and information.
APPLICANT EVENT SCHEDULE
- OCT 2ND - Team Registration Opens
- DEC 2ND - Team Idea Submission
- DEC 15TH - Applicants Selection Notification
- DEC 15TH- JAN 24TH - Finalist Prototype Development
- JAN 24TH - Pitch Submission
- JAN 31ST - Pitch Feedback
- FEB 11TH - Final Pitch and Celebration
HOW IT WORKS
Assemble a team of up to three people and identify a real-world agricultural problem, or process m that needs improvement. You and your teammates work together to develop an innovative proof of concept for how the problem ir activity can be solved to improve the lives of community members . You have a chance to apply your knowledge to drive cream and meaningful change.
Your project could also win you prizes, including $1.5M grant to develop your idea.
REGISTER HERE
FAQS
Women in engineering or other STEM-related fields. You must still be enrolled in school to qualify
No, you must be able to identify a viable problem in your community to solve
Minimum of 3 students with a maximum size of 5 students
Please refer to the event schedule
Themes encompass agricultural challenges not limited to food production, fishing, and poultry. Teams are encouraged to choose their focus provided it is within the scope of this event
The required basic resources.
Refer to the event schedule
The event is free and at no cost to participants. All expenses regarding this event will be covered
Mentors will be available to finalists only
Projects will be judged according to our rubric, to measure success and identify finalists
There will be cash prizes of 500,000, 300,000, and 200,000 for finalists, a Grant of N 1.5M to the winning teams
Remote participation is allowed, but whoever is the finalists must make it to the in-person event in February.
PROJECT ADVANCE COMMITEE AND JUDGES
Femi Awolusi
Initiative lead
Kinder Morgan
APPLY TO PROJECT ADVANCE TODAY
Next Open Application Window: TBD