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We all have a responsibility to end poverty and inequality, protect the future of the planet, and ensure everyone has a right to health, justice and prosperity.
Do you have an idea which addresses one of these global challenges?
If your idea supports one or more of the , apply now and we could connect you to world-leading researchers and business leaders, to help realise your idea.
Applications for 2024 are now closed. Shortlisted finalists will be announced soon, and will be paired with counsellors and researchers from the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 and the Henley Business School, before preparing their business proposals.
Finalists will pitch their ideas to a judging panel and invited audience at a two-day event at the Henley Business School in March.
just IMAGINE if ... was founded by British entrepreneur and children's welfare campaigner Paul Lindley OBE.
"The phrase 'just imagine if' has stayed with me throughout my life. Imagine a world of gender and racial equality. Imagine a world free from businesses polluting our environment. Imagine if we could make a genuine impact to reduce childhood obesity."
Paul Lindley
This dream led Paul to establish just IMAGINE if…, a university-hosted, business-focused, non-profit competition to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
just IMAGINE if... aims to find people with early-stage, simple business ideas that could provide sustainable solutions to some of the most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges facing society today, and give them a real chance of development.
just IMAGINE if… 2024 is a research grant for the provision of research and business support by the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 and the Henley Business School, focused on developing the winning applicant's idea.
Research and business support up to the value of £100,000* could include:
Applications for this initiative are now closed.
* There is no cash alternative for the grant, which is not negotiable or transferable. Terms and conditions apply.
Find out how previous just IMAGINE if ... recipients have realised their dreams and tackled a global challenge.
Some of the UK鈥檚 leading business people and nationally known entrepreneurs are on hand to help you turn your life-changing idea into a reality.
The just IMAGINE if ... research grant is made possible thanks to the generous support of our friends and sponsors.