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​Turn your app idea into reality through the WiSys APPStart Challenge

MADISON—WiSys wants to help you launch the next great mobile application through the WiSys APPStart Challenge

The challenge connects great app ideas with the expertise and resources to build a business. No technical or business experience is necessary to participate. Submit your idea in 250 words or less by March 7, 2022 at wisys.org/appstart.

Three finalists will receive initial app development support from WiSys partners, business mentorship and cash prizes. In total, the winner will receive a prize package totaling more than $10,000 in cash and services to assist in launching the app as a business. Ten semifinalists will also receive $100.

Faculty, staff, students and alumni from all WiSys universities (UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, UW-Superior and UW-Whitewater) are eligible.

WiSys is a nonprofit organization that works with faculty, staff, students and alumni of the UW System to facilitate cutting-edge research programs, develop and commercialize discoveries and foster a spirit of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking across the state.