Application deadline: Monday March 9th at 23:59
Teams notified: Friday March 20th
Course dates: Thursday evenings from May 7th, final presentations on Thursday June 18th
- Location: Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – West Cambridge site, Zoom links also available
- Sessions run from 7pm-10pm with pizza from 6.30pm
Have you ever wondered how Cambridge ideas can help make the world a better place? If so, then our Development i-Teams programme is for you!
Development i-Teams investigates ways in which real Cambridge innovations can be used in low and middle income countries to improve people’s lives in a sustainable way, helping the world meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
By joining a Development i-Team, you will work with students from across the University and a dedicated industry mentor. You will investigate the realities of taking a real Cambridge invention into the developing world, gaining hands-on skills and experience.
Past Development i-Teams projects include WaterScope, Majico, ApRES, Cortirio and Colorifix.
Projects for this course are:
- COMPASS : Achieving sustainable funding for anti-violence and food security programmes, with Professor Nazia Habib & Deborah Gracie, Cambridge Centre for Resilience & Sustainable Development, Land Economy
- PeatWaterWise : Connecting satellite science with farmers and environmental agencies, with Dr Hamidreza Rahimi , Cambridge Centre for Land Regeneration
- Using AI to provide strategic advice and risk assessments of investment into African countries, with Dr Kennedy Mbeva, Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
Development i-Teams is open to any student (under-graduate or post-graduate), post-doctoral researcher or member of staff at the University of Cambridge, Babraham and Sanger Institutes or the British Antarctic Survey, as well as any member of the Centre for Global Equality.
The programme includes weekly lectures from industry experts, team meetings and individual work. i-Teams present their final recommendations to a business and academic audience at the end of the term. The full syllabus is available here.
Past i-Teams estimate that their projects needed about 4 hours a week of individual effort in addition to the weekly sessions. As part of the projects, team members will need to contact external industry experts by phone and email – some calls and meetings may need to take place during office hours.
Innovation i-Teams will also run in Easter term, on Monday evenings from April 20th to June 25th – you are welcome to apply for this course as well, but will only be offered a place on one course.