UpRising

Upcoming Innovators Program

Uprising & Stone & Chalk are joining forces to launch an **Future Innovators **program, designed to support students in forging their own path to a career they truly want.

The top ten design projects shortlisted by UpRising will be showcased to a panel of founders, mentors and industry experts in July 2023. Stone & Chalk will also select three winning ideas to be announced and awarded on the same day. We aim to create a safe environment in which the students can share their ideas for feedback and ask questions.

Through this program, students will also walk away with:

  • insights into the startup's journey
  • the knowledge of what it means to be an entrepreneur
  • at least three industry contacts
  • career opportunities, be it on a volunteer or internship basis.

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UpRising

UpRising is an innovative and disruptive initiative that seeks to remove the barriers between education, business and industry.

UpRising offers senior high school Design & Technology students nationally, the opportunity to connect with business and industry, research, government and community, to accelerate their ideas, test prototypes and promote their design projects. 

Each year thousands of design students undertake a major design project, spending months researching and building ethical and sustainable solutions to local or global problems.

Stone & Chalk

At Stone & Chalk, the largest innovation community in Australia, we understand the founder journey intimately. We understand what an entrepreneur needs and when they need it.

We’re passionate about supporting individuals from the early days when they first consider the possibilities of entrepreneurialism, all the way to early stage and late stage startup stage (where they’re iterating MVP, acquiring funding, solidifying market fit, establishing revenue streams), and beyond to scaleup stage (where they’re looking for new markets to scale their business).

As part of our commitment to supporting young students showing an early interest in innovation, Stone & Chalk has joined forces with UpRising, to connect young students with founders and industry, whose invaluable guidance, advice and mentorship will help students reach their full potential.