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Ideas to Serve Competition (I2S)

Congratulations to all the awardees and participants for being students who dare to care!

Check out all of the great pictures from finals!

Ideas Track Winner: Nopneu, created by Georgia Tech graduate student Temiloluwa Adeniyi (BioID) 

Ideas Track Runner-up: Oasis, created by Georgia Tech undergraduate student Arjun Bir (CE)

Ideas Track Third Place and MBA Award: Enabyl A.I., team members include PhD students Jonathan Zia (joint Emory-Georgia Tech MD/PHD program), Vince Monardo (EE) of Carnegie Mellon University, and Carlos Renteria (BME) of University of Illinois at U.C.

Advanced Track Winner: Inspirit, created by Georgia Tech undergraduate student Aditya Vishwanath (CS)

Best Video: FetBeats, created by Muneeb Zia (PhD in ECE) of Georgia Tech and Rabia Zia, recent graduate (MBBS) of Allama Iqbal Medical College

Best Poster: Creative Composting, team members include Georgia Tech undergraduate students Mari Nguyen (MSE), Manuel De Juan (ME), Mallory Parker (MSE), Ramon Sosa (MSE), Michelle Lin (BME), and Andrew Hanna (ME)

People’s Choice: Thrive, team members include Georgia Tech undergraduate students Maithili Appalwar (IE), Yash Punjabi (CS), Krrish Dholakia (CS), and undergraduate Sarayu Kantheti (Business and Economics) of the University of British Columbia



I2S is About Creating a Better World

The competition is for current Georgia Tech students and recent alumni who have early stage product/service ideas or venture concepts that are geared towards creating a better world through students who Dare to Care.

Entries might focus on reducing poverty, alleviating hunger, promoting health and wellness, improving air and water quality, reducing of the rate of depletion of natural resources, developing alternate sources of energy or any other way to better the world.

I2S is About Ideas

We believe that all great ventures and organizations begin with great ideas. Therefore, I2S is primarily a competition of ideas where creativity, imagination, and technology are applied to solving social and/or environmental problems.

It is our hope that eventually these ideas will lead to sustainable organizations that are able to generate sufficient income flows to sustain their missions. If the organizations are for-profit companies, the ideas should eventually be capable of providing returns for investors as well.

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I2S is About Creating Triple Bottom-Line Organizations

Simply put, I2S seeks to foster the development of organizations that are focused on the “triple bottom line,” showing concern for social and environmental outcomes as well as for economic return on investment.  I2S supports students who are passionate about improving the human condition - in their immediate community or around the globe - with mentoring, access to a network of local social entrepreneurs and impact investors who serve as judges, and prize money.  The final event is a poster showcase session that is open to the public. There is even a "people's choice" prize to be awarded based on votes from visitors to the competition. I2S Teams are either in the Ideas Track, representing early-stage proposals, or the Advanced Track, where most of them have been through one or more rounds of the I2S (or, in several cases, the Global Social Venture Competition or the InVenture Prize).  Stay up to date on I2S events by subscribing to our email list here.

2018 Schedule
The schedule for 2018 will proceed as follows:
  • February 1: Information Session Lunch (College of Business 101 from 11:00-12:00)
  • February 12: Intent to Compete Form opens
  • February 26: Mentor Request Deadline
  • March 2: Bootcamp (College of Business 221 from 1:15pm-5pm)
  • March 15: Intent to Compete Form due (extended to March 25)
  • March 20: Track Designations Decisions handed out
  • March 27: Final Submission deadline (submit by email to )
  • April 6: Finalists will be notified
  • April 12: I2S Finals
How the Competition Works 
Click here to view a Prezi about how the competition works.  
I2S is open to all GT students and young alumni (Spring, Summer and Fall 2017 graduates) that are working on a project that has the potential to solve a local, global, social or environmental problem. Teams can be comprised of one individual or multiple members. Not all team members have to be GT students, but at least one of the founders has to be a GT student in order for the team to be eligible. Teams compete in two tracks: Early Stage (ideas) and Advanced Stage(track decisions will be made after you submit the Intent to Compete form with a summary about your project and fill out the related questionnaire). 

We help match you with a mentor if your team needs one, so please with a short summary of your project and the areas you need help with if you wish to be paired with a mentor. Deadline for mentor requests is February 26th.

We will also host an afternoon of workshops (our Bootcamp) on March 2nd to help you fine-tune your deliverables and pitch before the competition.

What you have to do is:
  1. On February 1st attend the Kick-off Info session to get all the info and have your questions answered (not a requirement for participation but highly recommended) 
  2. Once you have your team ready fill out the Intent to Compete Form and let us know if you need a mentor. We will get back to you with your track designation. 
  3. Attend the Bootcamp on March 2nd and learn from the pros. They will help you fine-tune your pitch and provide you with feedback about your project. 
  4. your Executive Summary and the link to your one-minute video pitch by March 27th. We will notify the finalists for the two tracks by April 6th. 
  5. Prepare your poster for the Finals & Poster Showcase – whether you are a finalist in one of the tracks or not, you are eligible to participate in the Showcase and compete for the Specialty Prizes.
Forms, Templates, Eligibility 
2018 Prizes
$9,500 will be awarded in the 2018 comeptition.

  • Ideas Track

      • Winner: $3,000
      • Runner-Up: $1,500
      • Third Place: $1,000

  • Advanced Track

      • Winner: $2,500

  • Special Prizes (both tracks qualify)*

      • Best Video Pitch: $500
      • People's Choice: $500
      • Best Poster: $500
      • MBA Social Impact Award: $500
*All entrants are eligible to compete for special prizes regardless of finalist status. Teams need to be present at the Finals Poster Showcase to participate. 
Winners from Previous Years 
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