BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

Previous Results

2010 Competition Results

May 21st, Boston, MA

2010 Grand Prize Winner

Silicon Solar Solutions LLC. from the University of Arkansas, USA

University of Arkansas’ Silicone Solar Solutions team won the LES Foundation 2010 International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition. The team received $10,000 and valuable in-kind prizes for their plan to bring higher-efficiency, lower-cost solar power to the world through the commercialization of a patented materials process for creating large grain polysilicon.

2010 Global Award Recipient

Encase™ Bushfire Shelters from Swinburne University, Australia

As part of the LES Foundation Competition, Swinburne University of Technology won its third consecutive $5,000 Global Award from the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI).  This year’s winning team was recognized for Encase™ Bushfire Shelters, a company that will offer a new and unique series of free-standing shelters.

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2009 Competition Results

May 5th in Montreal, Canada

Grand Prize Winner

Pax Neuroscience, Inc. from University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

A team of graduate students from the University of Illinois Chicago Liautaud Graduate School of Business (UIC) captured first place in the 2009 LES Foundation International Graduate Student Business Plan Competition for their plan to improve treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Read More…

LESI Global Award Recipient

Poppet International Pty Ltd. from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Graduate students from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) received the Licensing Executives Society International's (LESI) prestigious Global Award for their plan to bring safe, ready-to-drink infant beverages to the globe using a revolutionary packaging system. The Global award recognizes the teams whose business plan best dealt with IP rights and their use in the global business environment. Read More…

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2008 Competition Results

May 5th in Chicago, IL, USA

Grand Prize Winner

MicroTransponder, Inc. from University of Texas at Dallas (USA)

The winner of the 2008 LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition was the University of Texas at Dallas for MicroTransponder, Inc., a wireless neuroprosthetics company looking to develop medical devices to repair the nervous system. Read More...

LESI Global Award Recipient

EcoRegen from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)

Graduate Students from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, received the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) Global Award for their business plan to regenerate organic waste into renewable resources and organic products. The Global award recognizes the teams whose business plan best dealt with IP rights and their use in the global business environment. Read More...

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2007 Competition Results

May 16th in Atlanta, GA, USA

Winner

Optimal Vision Corporation from University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)

Just in time to catch baby boomers reaching for their first set of reading glasses, graduate students from the University of Illinois, Chicago’s Liautaud School of Business took first prize in the 2007 Licensing Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition for their plan to introduce a newly patented procedure to correct presbyopia, an age associated loss of near vision. Read More…

Runner-up Teams

2006 Competition Results

May 10th in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Winner

SanoGene Therapeutics, Inc., from University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)

Two graduate students from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) took first prize in the 2006 LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition (previously known as the Edwin A. Shallaway Graduate Student Licensing Competition) for their plan to develop groundbreaking cancer therapies using new therapeutic siRNAs (interfering pieces of RNA) that prevent tumor growth and invasion and induce cancer cell death. Read More…

Runner-up Teams

2005 Competition Results

February 9th in Denver, CO, USA)

Winner

MedGen from Stanford University

Graduate students from Stanford University won the LES Foundation’s 2005 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition for their company Med Gen and their plan to offer a new minimally invasive medical technology for cerebral aneurisms.

Runner-up Teams

2004 Competition Results

February 11th in San Francisco, CA, USA

Winner

Tangam Gaming Technology, Inc., from University of Waterloo

A team of graduate students from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, won the 2004 LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition for their company Tangam Gaming Technology which will introduce an automated system for monitoring gaming tables. The team predicts their system could save casino operators millions of dollars in decreased operating expenses and reduced fraud.

Runner-up Teams