This is a guest post by ona.kiser at Startupi, our media partner in Brazil.
Entrepreneurs from around Brazil can now register for DesafioBrasil 2011. This competition for innovative technology projects offers R$100,000 in prizes, as well as mentoring and opportunities for international level competition.
This sixth annual competition is sponsored by IntelBrazil, and coordinated by GVcepe (the Getulio Vargas Foundation?s Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital), with additional support from Microsoft, Derraik Advogados and Helice Consulting.
The winners of the Brazilian round will go on to represent Brazil in the Latin American round, and the winners of that level will continue to the Intel� Global Challenge 2011 at UC Berkeley in November. At all levels the competition offers prizes as well as media exposure and the opportunity to present projects to international investors.
Because of the expansion of the challenge this year, and the support from Microsoft Innovation Centers around Brazil, organizers are expecting more than 200 projects to be entered in the first round.
Accepted entries will receive support from the Microsoft BizSpark program.
Last year?s winners were Motofog, a device for pesticide application in hard-to-reach terrain, which can be useful in combatting dengue fever; VPI, which developed an innovative rainwater collection and distribution technology; Taw Itech, an interactive whiteboard software; and Pligus, a collaborative real-time multimedia system.
Intel?s support for the Desafio stems from their program ?Passionate for the Future,? which reflects their vision of the importance of developing new technologies and their commitment to supporting this in the markets where they operate. For 22 years Intel has been supporting innovation and technological leadership in Brazil to strengthen market competitiveness and local industry as well as invest in the development of human potential through educational programs.
The deadline for submitting projects to the DesafioBrasil 2011 is May 20th. The complete rules are available at www.desafiobr.com.br.
Follow DesafioBrasil on Twitter @desafiobrasil, and watch the hashtag #desafiobr for more information.
The original article can be read in Portuguese here.
Source: http://www.thenextwomen.com/2011/05/13/desafiobrasil-2011-now-taking-entries
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