1. EXTERNAL AWARDS & RESOURCES Get some attention for your hard work!

2. Big corporations  TI Innovation Challenge Must use 3+ TI parts, which can be obtained free from TI $10k, $7.5k, $5k for 1 st,2 nd,3 rd place prizes Submissions due 5/24/2015  NI LabVIEW Student Design Competition Must use LabVIEW $1k first place & $500 2 nd place, plus pass/accommodations to NIWeek conference Submissions due 5/31/2015 (?)  Criteria Creativity, relevance, difficulty, quality of report  IP They own the physical submission, but you own the design* *Kind of, unless they or their customers need to “borrow” it…

3. From the University…  Leung Fund Up to $2k for ECE students doing “extraordinary” projects Submissions due by the 4 th week of semester, but may still be considered afterwards depending on $$ remaining Review team strives to have funding distributed by early October  NCIIA $5k-$20k in funding in 3 stages Submissions deadlines by season: 10/4, 2/6, 5/8 Judged on business model & social impact in addition to technical design  OSBI Consulting arm of the business school Can be used as a resource if your projects lead to startups

4. From us! Distinctions and awards given to top projects in various categories Unfortunately no cash doled out, but we will not use your design in our future products royalty-free to you…