Sustainability

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Overview
- Description of the challenge
- Prize money breakdown ($10,000, $6,000, $3,000)
What is Sustainability?
- Definition and purpose
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Challenge
- Competition details
- Interdisciplinary team structure
- Sustainability Development Goals
Why the Challenge Matters
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Focus on global issues (poverty, inequality, climate change)
What You Gain
- Skills and experience
- Leadership development
- Prize money ($10,000, $6,000, $3,000)
- Entrepreneurship support (Western’s Starting Gate)
Team Formation
- Matching Tool for students
Winning Team Criteria
Steps to Success
- Eligibility (full-time WMU students, Fall & Spring)
- Team requirements (4-person, interdisciplinary)
- Project design aligned with SDGs
- Student Playbook (2025–2026)
Events & Deliverables
- Networking Opportunities
- Deliverables (timeline with Nov–Apr dates)
Contact
- Professor Neil Drobny, PhD (email)
- Leadership team support
Matching Tool (separate section)
- For Students (join a team)
- For Teams (find students)

Student Playbook (Rules and requirements)
Deliverables
How It Works
- Phase 1: Proposal
- Phase 2: Progress Report
- Phase 3: Final Evaluation

What are the sustainable development goals about and how they relate to the Bronco Challenge
The 17 United nations Sustainability Development goals

Winners for the 2024-25 Bronco challenge
- First place winners
- Second place winners
- Third place winners
Solutions from 2023-24
Solutions from 2022-23