Competitions

Competitions

• Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur Awards - Fund your start-up: €35,000 in cash prizes. Application Deadline is 14th March 2025. Register your interest for 2025 here.
• Young European Entrepreneur Award: New EU competition has been launched targeting Young Entrepreneurs (Under 40) with the potential opportunity to pitch your business idea at the EU Industry Days in Poland in June. Application Deadline is 14th March 2025. Apply now
• IDEATE Ireland  - The initiative uncovers and empowers Ireland’s next generation of entrepreneurs, helping to turn their brilliant ideas into thriving international businesses. Application Deadline is Tuesday 19th March 2025.  Apply now
• ivenTUre – Summer accelerator programme (open for applications April 2025).
• New Frontiers - Turn your business idea into a successful start-up.
• TU Dublin GROWTHhub Entrepreneurial Student of the Year Award. (Applications closing May 2025)
• Venture Lab 
• Bolton Trust Enterprise Competition  - The biggest University Enterprise competition in the country. Application Deadline is Tuesday 11th February 2025. Apply here now 
• Pitch Perfect - Application Deadline is 12th February 2025. Register your interest in entering your start-up business in the pitching competition by completing this form.
• Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) Fellowship Program - closed for 2025.
• Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Competition - Top price of USA $50,000. Closed for 2025.
• ENFUSE 2025: matches local enterprises and social enterprises with teams of Master’s university/college students. During semester 2 (January-May) as part of a module, students work in teams of 4-6 members with selected enterprises. Closed for 2025.

GROWTHhub is available to support your applications.  We help in several ways:

• Advice on your application through our Enterprise Idea and Pitch Clinic.
• Access to video recording green room suite to record your applications.

GROWTHhub is a HEA Human Capital Initiative Pillar 3 collaborative project involving TU Dublin and South East Technological University.