We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Emerge Venture Labs 2012 cohort.

Apply by February 17th!

The Emerge Venture Lab kick-starts the UK's best social ventures run by students and recent graduates, together with a powerful network of mentors and professional organisations. Past partners have included the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Student Hubs, Barclays Capital, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte and the Young Presidents Organization. The Lab provides its teams with critical support in generating, testing and implementing business models; evaluating impact; building successful teams; structuring organisations; and raising finance. Apply by February 17th at theemergelab.org and you could get: Expert-led residential bootcamps in London and Oxford, delivering a best practice curriculum in social entrepreneurship Regular meetings with an advisory panel of expert mentors who will oversee your progress and advise your team on venture development strategy Access to an extensive network of business leaders, institutional partners, seed investors and peer entrepreneurs Three months of guaranteed participation in the programme plus up to 15 months of additional support for the top-performing teams

What we look for We look for the UK's brightest students and recent graduates (up to 2 years out of university) who are dedicated to solving a social or environmental challenge. If you have an idea for a venture that could both produce profit and create significant social impact, as well as a strong team and unwavering commitment to turning this idea into reality, then head over to our website and apply at theemergelab.org! The Lab is supported by