Eligibility Criteria

• Team size: 1 (min) to 6 (max)
• At least one team member is affiliated with the University of Cambridge (students, alumn, postdocs, fellows, and lecturers included)
• Research or Venture has received less than GBP150k in funding to date
• Aims to integrate or has integrated blockchain or other forms of distributed technologies into their solution/research in any way or form

What to submit

Tell us about yourself and your idea:

1. Team contact information (name, email, affiliation)
2. Abstract: describe your research or venture idea in 50 words or less

Attach a Pitch Deck or Research Paper/Proposal (max 10 slides, PDF or PPTX)

Your presentation deck should tell us about the following. The number of slides are only suggestions, feel free to structure it whichever way tells your idea the best

If you are submitting a venture idea:

1. Describe the Idea
1. The problem (2-3 slides)
1. What is the problem you are solving?
2. Why is this important?
2. The solution (2-3 slides)
1. What is your solution? Please be specific (what have you created or intend to create)
2. Why is your solution novel, unique, interesting, or disruptive?
3. Why are decentralised technologies (blockchain or any other form) or decentralisation a good solution for this problem?
4. What have you achieved to date, technically and commercially?
2. The Future Business Project (2-3 slides)
1. The prize
1. What would you use the funds for?
2. The team
1. Who is on the team?
2. What are their roles and experience / backgrounds?
3. Funding
1. Have you raised any funding to date?
2. If answer is (yes) to above, how much?
3. Is there anything else you would like us to know? (1 slide)

If you are submitting a research idea:

1. Describe the Idea
1. The problem (2-3 slides)
1. What is the research question?
2. Why is this important?
2. The solution (2-3 slides)
1. What is your research design?
2. What is your expected contribution?
3. Why are decentralised technologies (blockchain or others) or decentralisation a good solution for this problem?
4. What have you achieved to date?
2. The Future Research Project (2-3 slides)
1. The prize
1. What would you use the funds for?
2. The team
1. Who is on the team?
2. What are their roles and experience / backgrounds?
3. Funding
1. Have you raised any funding to date?
2. If answer is (yes) to above, how much?
3. Is there anything else you would like us to know? (1 slide)

Evaluation Criteria

Mandatory for All: Fulfil eligibility criteria - Cambridge affiliation, <£150k funding raised to date

Proposals will be assessed along these criteria:

	Venture	Research
Problem	Clearly defined problem statement Problem is relevant and important	Clearly defined research question Research question is relevant and important
Solution	Solution is clearly defined and addresses the problem Solution is novel Suitable use of decentralized technology	Research design is suitable for the research question Contribution/findings are clearly defined and novel Suitable use of decentralized technology
Prize	Has clearly defined plan to use funds and execute project	Has clearly defined plan to use funds and execute project
Team	Team has relevant experience and/or capabilities to execute	Team has relevant experience and/or capabilities to execute

	Venture
Problem	Clearly defined problem statement Problem is relevant and important
Solution	Solution is clearly defined and addresses the problem Solution is novel Suitable use of decentralized technology
Prize	Has clearly defined plan to use funds and execute project
Team	Team has relevant experience and/or capabilities to execute

	Research
Problem	Clearly defined research question Research question is relevant and important
Solution	Research design is suitable for the research question Contribution / findings are clearly defined and novel Suitable use of decentralized technology
Prize	Has clearly defined plan to use funds and execute project
Team	Team has relevant experience and/or capabilities to execute