One of Rensselaer's most active, generous and supportive alumni groups - the Class of '51 sponsors an annual competition for undergraduate and graduate students to encourage early development of entrepreneurial ideas.

Early development grants of up to $5,000 are awarded each year to individuals or teams who compete and win the competition. (The grant pool available each year will not exceed $5,000 in total, but more than one grant can be made in any given year to different students or student teams.)

To qualify for evaluation, all individual student or student team submissions must:

• Articulate a clear statement of the opportunity and resulting ideas with supporting data
• Describe how the solution addresses the problem.
• Provide enough details to demonstrate that the solution is feasible and sustainable.
• Project and describe the need for expense funding and how the services required will be used.
• To Submit your Plan online

The entry deadline for individual or team plans will be February 13, 2009. Winning grants will be announced on March 6, 2009.