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The RBC Next Great Innovator Challenge™ is a unique opportunity that offers Canadian university and college students the chance to influence the future of the financial services industry in Canada.

Past challenges have been a huge success. Since 2006, well over 500 teams have registered from universities and colleges across Canada. RBC brings the top five teams to Toronto for the final round of judging and the chance to compete for $45,000 in prize money.

The finalists have met some of the top minds at RBC: great innovators who are so impressed with the ideas generated by the Challenge participants that they are implementing some of these ideas right now.¹ The RBC Better Student Life  website is one example of an idea that originated from the Next Great Innovator Challenge.

Winning isn’t the only opportunity either, there are many other benefits to competing, such as:

• Great prizes for participating all through the competition
• The ability to network
• Future job opportunities – this year RBC is offering personal interviews and media training for all members of the Top 5 Teams selected, and accepting resumes from all team members for consideration
• Being an ambassador for your school – your efforts gain credibility and promote your school for it’s dedication to students and their future
• Coaching from RBC’s the Next Great Innovator Challenge Coaches

Are you the Next Great Innovator? Roll up your sleeves, assemble your team and get ready to find out!

Professor’s Guide

We are delighted that the Next Great Innovator Challenge is being embedded into course curriculums across the country. If you’re planning to use the Challenge as a teaching tool in your course, this Guide will help.

• View the Professor’s Guide

1) All submissions become the property of Royal Bank of Canada.