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The Nationwide “Best Creative Idea” Competition for Student Startups Has Been Announced

The Nationwide “Best Creative Idea” Competition for Student Startups Has Been Announced

Who can participate: undergraduate and master’s students at higher education institutions.

Competition stages:

Selection stage. This stage is held at each higher education institution. The three best ideas advance to the next stage.

National stage. The winners are selected at this stage.

Grants (total prize fund: UZS 300 million):

1st place (1 winner) — UZS 100 million;

2nd place (2 winners) — UZS 50 million each;

3rd place (4 winners) — UZS 25 million each.

✅ Participation requirements:

▶️ Applications must be submitted to the selection committee of the higher education institution where the student is enrolled within one month of the announcement.

▶️ Each student may participate as the author of only one project and as a team member in no more than two projects.

Projects must be presented and defended before the committee in a presentation format.

The winners will be awarded during the final ten days of January. They will also be introduced to venture capital funds, investors, and accelerators.

Competition rules:

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