Future Innovators Awards

Are you a Year 12 student at a New South Wales high school with a creative business solution to a wicked social problem?

Apply to our Future Innovators Awards and your idea could secure you a $6,000 scholarship and exclusive career-building opportunities when you commence your studies at the University of Sydney Business School.

What are the Future Innovators Awards?

Exclusively available to Year 12 students studying at New South Wales high schools, the Future Innovators Awards aim to recognise the visionary leaders of the future. Submit your business solution to a social problem for a chance to receive a prize pack and award from the University of Sydney.

Future Innovators Awards winners who commence their studies at the University of Sydney Business School in 2022 will also:

• be considered for a Sydney Scholars Award valued at $6,000*
• receive exclusive access to leading alumni mentors, subscriptions to business news publications and career-building opportunities with our Careers and Employability Office

^{*Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a separate Sydney Scholars Award application to be considered for a wide range of other scholarships.}

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:

• be a Year 12 student studying in Australia at a New South Wales high school at the time of application
• complete the online application form with the answers to the two application questions
• submit your latest school report.

Both domestic and international students are eligible if they meet the above criteria.

Frequently asked questions

Hear from a Future Innovators Award recipient

Varun Ravindran's "Why not?" attitude has taken him from high school Prefect and Peer Mentor to International Physics Olympiad participant, recipient of the Caltex Award for Best All Rounder and, most recently, Future Innovators Award winner.

"My Future Innovators Awards idea, FoodSend, was targeted at creating an in-app extension for major food delivery services like Uber Eats, Menulog and Deliveroo that allowed consumers to sponsor a meal of their choice to a disadvantaged household," Varun says.

"Especially relevant during the quarantine period of 2020 and during the wider COVID-19 pandemic, these delivery platforms would provide an opportunity to connect generous individuals with disadvantaged or homeless people instantly."

Now a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars) student at the University of Sydney Business School, Varun is majoring in Finance and Economics and hopes to one day apply his creative and technical knowledge to the fields of business consultancy or financial advisory.