Past Competitions
Achievements as of 2005
- Several participants have started their own company
- 3 Entrepreneurs, past participants of Biotechnology YES, have raised over £5m of equity investment for their ventures
- 43% of participants have gone on to work in the private sector (compared with 23% of BBSRC-funded PhD students)
- 77% of participants now working in the private industry said the competition helped them gain their current position
- 12% of participants are working in technology transfer or intellectual property management roles
- Over 1000 participants
- Number of participants has doubled since the launch of the competition to 198 (42 teams)
- Key skills gained include financial awareness, management skills and team working
Figures from investigation of career destination of 156 past participants commissioned by BBSRC and conducted by UNIEI.