BAT Presents Battle of Mind 2021.
Could your idea change the world? Now is the time to make it happen! Solve one of the four environmental challenges and get a chance to win a career opportunity at BAT, win a global final and you will get £50,000 to make your idea a reality.
Challenges:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many office-based roles have had to be performed from home. Working from home has had many unintended consequences – reduced emissions from commuting and printing but increased emissions from heating homes. And it has arguably been detrimental to workplace culture. Can you create a product that promotes workplace culture in a working-from-home setting, and builds on employees’ commitment to reducing their environmental impact?
As the population is set to increase to 10 billion by 2050, we must increase agricultural yields and enhance farmer livelihoods, whilst balancing the threats posed by over-farming. How might we increase food security, whilst ensuring environmental benefits are achieved?
Despite the availability of recyclable packaging and materials, many consumers are not recycling their waste, meaning it ends up in mainstream waste flows, destined for landfill or incineration. How could we encourage consumers to dispose of their waste appropriately?
The competition takes place in two rounds:
- Local round: If you make it through the screening, you’ll be invited to join the local round to pitch your idea.
- Global round: If you’re one of the local winners, you’ll be invited to the virtual Global Finals!
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Location:
BangladeshBenefits
- Local winners
- Have the chance to win prizes – ranging from monetary recognition to employment opportunities at BAT, depending on your country’s offering.
- Global winning team
- Receive up to £50,000 as a non-conditional investment in your idea, the support needed to get the idea up and running, and potentially a place on the accelerator program for start-ups.
- Two runners-up teams
- Receive up to £25,000 as a non-conditional investment, along with support, also potentially landing a place on the accelerator program for start-ups.
Eligibilities
- Teams of two to four people from one of our 25 participating countries.
- Participants aged 18 or over (21 or above for participants from the United States)
- Current university students studying for a bachelor’s degree or those who have graduated within the last five years.
- Participants without any professional experience.
- This Competition is free to enter and open to all participants who meet the following criteria (“Entrant Teams”):
- Participants may only enter in teams of two to four individuals (or in teams of three individuals only in the case of participants from Bangladesh). Participants are responsible for forming their own teams. Entries from individuals alone will not be accepted. By submitting an entry for a team, that submitter confirms and warrants that they have the authority and consent to enter on behalf of the other team members.
- Participants aged 18+ (or 21+ in the case of participants from the USA) at universities (or equivalent institutions) (“Eligible Institutions”) located within the list of Eligible Countries (as set out in Schedule 1) and studying for a bachelor’s degree (or other equivalent courses) at that Eligible Institution, or who have completed their studies at the Eligible Institution less than five years before the Closing Date (as defined below).
- Only entrants studying at Eligible Institutions located in the Eligible Countries will be entitled to participate in the Competition.
- The Competition is not open to the following:
- current or former interns of BAT, or of any affiliate, partner, and/or subsidiary of BAT (other than individuals who received such internship in connection to the BAT Battle of Minds competition 2021);
- current or former employees (whether full or part-time, permanent or temporary or otherwise), agents, consultants or contractors of BAT or of any affiliate, partner, and/or subsidiary of BAT (other than individuals who received such employment in connection to the BAT Battle of Minds competition 2021);
- anyone professionally connected with the Competition or with BAT or any affiliate, partner, and/or subsidiary of BAT;
- immediate family members of (or persons living in the same household, whether related or not) any such individuals referred to above as not being eligible to participate; and
- anyone who has already worked in a professional capacity or otherwise acquired professional experience (other than through short-term internships, startups, or similar experience).
Application Process
The application process includes the following steps:
- Register
Register through the website from 3rd May and set up your team’s profile by 13 June 2021. Take a look at the T&C’s before you get started.
- Prepare
Prepare your pitch that solves one of the four challenges – get more information on how to prepare and submit your pitch after registration.
- Submit
Submit your pitch between 14 June 2021 and 27 June 2021.
- Register online using the apply link.
Application Deadline: June 13, 2021
Application ClosedOfficial link
