{"id":1619,"date":"2020-04-07T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T08:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rio\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:53:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T08:53:50","slug":"converge-challenge-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge Challenge Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Converge Challenge Announcement for Academics and PG Students-Deadline now the 14th May 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Converge Challenge is still open for business. The 2020 deadline has been extended to 14th May and so to help with submissions, the team have developed an online event series to support your idea and your application:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get your business idea off the ground with Converge \u2013 Information and application workshop<\/strong><br \/>\nEvery Tuesday at 11am (7th April \u2013 5th May)<br \/>\nThe COVID-19 crisis has shown that innovation is more essential than ever. Converge helps staff, students and recent graduates across all universities in Scotland to turn their innovative business ideas into business reality. We are open to all sectors and offer intensive training on the essentials of running a successful business; a dynamic network; support and game-changing cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Interested? <strong>Applications are open until 14 May<\/strong>, so find out everything you need to know including what our judges look for in a successful proposal. Our team can also offer bespoke advice and give you a whole range of hints and tips to make your application fly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/get-your-business-idea-off-the-ground-with-converge-tickets-101709086616\"><strong>BOOK HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They can also offer 1 to 1 sessions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>** Remember, prior to submission of a University idea, you must have already obtained explicit approval to advance your idea via a School Innovation Panel meeting \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.napier.ac.uk\/services\/research-innovation-office\/contact\/Pages\/Commercialisation-Team.aspx\">please contact your Business Development and Relationship Manager<\/a> in advance of submission. **<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To support businesses at all stages, they are also offering other commercialisation related training: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.convergechallenge.com\/converge-teams-up-with-experts-to-offer-alumni-free-advice\/\">https:\/\/www.convergechallenge.com\/converge-teams-up-with-experts-to-offer-alumni-free-advice\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep pushing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Converge Challenge Announcement for Academics and PG Students-Deadline now the 14th May 2020 Converge Challenge is still open for business. The 2020 deadline has been extended to 14th May and so to help with submissions, the team have developed an&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-engagement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Converge Challenge Announcement for Academics and PG Students-Deadline now the 14th May 2020 Converge Challenge is still open for business. The 2020 deadline has been extended to 14th May and so to help with submissions, the team have developed an&hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Research Innovation Enterprise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdNapierRIO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EdNapierRIO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc\"},\"headline\":\"Converge Challenge Announcement\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Business engagement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/converge-challenge-announcement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Converge Challenge Announcement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Research Innovation Enterprise\",\"description\":\"News, funding opportunities, and support from Research, Innovation &amp; Enterprise\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc\",\"name\":\"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\\\/rie\\\/author\\\/callum-egannapier-ac-uk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise","og_description":"Converge Challenge Announcement for Academics and PG Students-Deadline now the 14th May 2020 Converge Challenge is still open for business. The 2020 deadline has been extended to 14th May and so to help with submissions, the team have developed an&hellip; Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/","og_site_name":"Research Innovation Enterprise","article_published_time":"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00","author":"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdNapierRIO","twitter_site":"@EdNapierRIO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/"},"author":{"name":"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/#\/schema\/person\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc"},"headline":"Converge Challenge Announcement","datePublished":"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/"},"wordCount":243,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Business engagement"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/","name":"Converge Challenge Announcement - Research Innovation Enterprise","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-04-07T08:53:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-07T08:53:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/#\/schema\/person\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/converge-challenge-announcement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Converge Challenge Announcement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/","name":"Research Innovation Enterprise","description":"News, funding opportunities, and support from Research, Innovation &amp; Enterprise","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/#\/schema\/person\/09cd89df608b4af36193fa4770aad4bc","name":"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5a3f066105e512645b919cee013a75cfce52afe1432634cefb18b43ab03b215?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"callum.egan@napier.ac.uk"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/author\/callum-egannapier-ac-uk\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8bk4z-q7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/rie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}