Vogt Awards application Deadline May 17th

[Christopher Cprek]

Some of you may know about the Vogt Awards in Louisville. The organizers have been really inspired by LVL1's emergence in Louisville. This year they've refocused the prize back to Henry Vogt Heuser's original vision: hardware and manufacturing start-ups. LVL1 also has 2 members serving as mentors for the participants. 

DEADLINE IS MAY 17th!!

Program

• $20k in seed funding
  
• Access to cutting edge prototyping and manufacturing tools
  
• Mentorship in technology, engineering and business
  
• 10-week Course in Manufacturing and Lean Startup
  
• Connections with investors, partners, suppliers, and customers
  
• Demo Day with chance to win an additional $100k

More information and application form is here:

http://www.vogtawards.com/

Other things of note:

• This is an endowment prize which has existed since 1999. That means, unlike most accelerators, they take absolutely no equity.

• You get access to the University of Louisville's Rapid Prototyping Center for your product development needs. This means you can do things like 3D print 20 micron layer objects in stainless steel, cobalt chromium and titanium. The website design isn't impressive, but there's a list of equipment and facilities here:http://louisville.edu/speed/rpc/equipment-and-facilities

• Louisville is home to Worldport, the world-wide UPS shipping hub. You can ship and receive items globally faster and cheaper here than from anywhere else in the US.

Please pass this around to other hackers, makers, hackerspaces, and engineers!

Chris