The Climate Action Ideas Competition is designed to provide students with early-stage ideas to compete for $5,000 in prizes!

More importantly, participating students will gain access to the LaunchPad program on their campus, to get the support on their entrepreneurship journey and skill-building. 

This signature program supports LaunchPad’s goal in de-risking entrepreneurship, broadening accessibility, and diversifying engagement with a focus on recruiting underrepresented and under-resourced students to participate. 

The competition is LIVE AT UCR!, hosted on the StartupTree platform.

The main topic is climate action, but participants can select any of the other tracks. 

• Social and Climate Impact
• Health & Life Science
• Consumer Products & Services
• General 

🏆PRIZES

The winners of the UCR round will take home $5,000 in prizes. 

👤ELIGIBILITY

The applicant must... 

• be a current student (undergraduate or graduate-level) ​ 
• be a founder/co-founder (i.e., the person with the original idea) 
• be in the earliest stages - have an idea or have just started building on an idea 
• create a profile on Startup Tree and apply as an individual or in teams of  2​

📆IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

• April 6, 2025: Deadline for Campus Round 
  • All applications must be submitted by midnight on April 6, 2025
•  April 9, 2025: UCR Pitch Competition - LIVE!!!
  • Applicants will be evaluated and scored