STUDENT PROGRAM

Radical Innovation offers students unparalleled opportunities as part of the community of future-thinking innovators in the hospitality and travel sector.

STUDENT SUBMISSIONS

Do you have the next best hospitality design or product idea? Submit to Radical Innovation today!

RADICAL PROCESS
Submissions are collected in the following categories:

  • Student Design Project – Radical Concept and Radical Real

  • Student Product – Radical Product Concept and Radical Product Prototype

The jury reviews hundreds of submissions collected from around the world. Projects and products are judged on originality, creativity, design, feasibility and quality of presentation. The esteemed jury shortlists a handful of projects, and mentors the submitters – challenging them to expand their concept and providing valuable feedback. Finalists have the opportunity to attend the Radical Innovation Award Ceremony and present their ideas to a room full of top hospitality, design and business leaders.

RADICAL WINNERS
The Radical Innovation Student Design winner will receive $5,000, The Radical Innovation Student Product winners will receive $2,500, along with an opportunity to apply to for Assistantship and Scholarship opportunities from our University Partners.

RADICAL NETWORK
Radical Innovation concepts are reviewed by a jury comprised of industry leaders. In addition to being considered for the Awards program, Radical often assists with connecting ideas to investors, developers and mentors who can help make a concept a reality.

UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

Are you looking for ways to get your university involved with Radical Innovation? There are many partnership opportunities available that align with your budget and resources.

SCHOLARSHIP/ASSISTANTSHIP OFFER
The current university partners offer the following opportunities to student winners:

  • The University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV) offers the student design winner the opportunity to apply for an assistantship to their Masters of Architecture program.  

  • The University of Illinois offers a Teaching Assistantship to their School of Architecture to a qualifying student winner.

  • NYU allows for the Student Winner to apply for a partial or full scholarship for a graduate degree from the NYUSPS Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality.

COURSE INTEGRATION  
Several universities have used Radical Innovation as part of their curriculum for a course. This allowed students to apply what they have learned through their schooling and provided the bonus of a real-life competition, challenging them to think outside the box. 

PROMOTION
The easiest way to get involved is by promoting the call for entries to your current students and alumni. We are always looking for more entries and ideas to come across our jury’s desk! Provide your students and alumni with exposure to the hospitality and travel industry leaders that offer unique opportunities to advance their ideas and careers. Click here to download our University Flyer.

THE MAKERSPACE AT BLACK FIRE INNOVATION

The Makerspace at Black Fire Innovation, a resource of the UNLV Office of Economic Development. The Radical Innovation Student Product Winner will have the opportunity to be invited to attend the Makerspace free of charge to bring their idea to reality through prototyping, printing, sampling, or other project needs. The Makerspace personnel will assist the winner with production and design consultations sessions.

The Makerspace is home to equipment and resources catering to marketing and product development projects, such as, 3D with Solidworks, Rhino software, 3D print prototypes, laser cutter, CNC router, heavy duty sewing equipment, library of hand tools, design assistance for logos and printed materials, Adobe Creative Suite, large format printer, embroidery machine and heat press machine.

https://www.unlv.edu/econdev/bfmakerspace

EDUCATIONAL
PARTNERS

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NYU
Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality

Student winner may apply for a partial or full scholarship for a graduate degree from the NYUSPS Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality. The Tisch Center of Hospitality offers MS in Hospitality Industry Studies, MS in Event Management, and MS in Tourism Management degrees to prospective students. The curriculum caters to students' individual interests by offering courses that span across management, marketing, and operations, design thinking, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and real estate.

Founded in 1995, the New York University's School of Professional Studies Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality was established in response to the growing need for hospitality and tourism undergraduate and graduate education.

New York University is the largest private research university in the United States. NYU has the highest number of international students, as well as sending more students to study abroad, than any other American University. As part of the NYU family, the Tisch Center serves the growing needs of the international activities of the hospitality and tourism sectors, and the growing and evolving industries by offering relevant, cutting-edge curricula that attracts bright, motivated students who seek to become leaders in their fields. 

Academic Liaison
Dr. Vanja Bogicevic | Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospitality Marketing

sps.nyu.edu

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UNLV
School of Architecture

University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture is proud to consider student winners for a graduate assistantship in the Hospitality Design (HD) Concentration of the UNLV Master of Architecture program

Since the HD Studio’s inception in the fall of 2010, the entertainment capital of the world has become an extension of the classroom for students interested in collaborative explorations in design research with leaders in the hospitality industry.  Graduates have gone on to start their own firms, take on leadership positions in international hospitality companies, support their communities through and teach at other institutions.  The HD-Lab proudly positions itself with the best in the business to help launch the careers of individuals that will impact the future of "the hospitality of everything". 

The SoA is an outward-looking school that values its diversity and cutting-edge explorations, and allows for a wide range of design approaches; a contemporary school that is highly engaged with industry, government and community; a school where principles of sustainability are embedded in all of our concerns, courses, studios, and activities; and a vibrant school that is anchored in the unique locality of the Southern Nevada region.

Academic Liaison
Glenn Nowak | Associate Professor of Architecture

unlv.edu/architecture

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University of Illinois
School of Architecture

The University of Illinois is offering a Teaching Assistantship to their School of Architecture to a qualifying student winner.

At the Illinois School of Architecture we provide students with an aesthetically motivated and technically rigorous design education. The depth and breadth of our curriculum enables students to become leaders in a range of disciplinary specialties

In a time when a new formalism represents the avant garde, we, like the school’s founder Nathan Ricker, look beyond current fashion, striving to leverage technical virtuosity in the service of performative design, aesthetic expression, and service to society.

Our diverse and accomplished faculty offer students a strong intellectual foundation informed by our position within a top-tier research university. Students explore theoretical and conceptual positions informed by history and technology, and envision creative design solutions for real-world settings in communities, organizations, and firms. Our comprehensive programs prepare students to design and research in a rapidly changing global context from the macro to the micro scale.

We develop graduates who are highly sought after in architecture and allied professions for their expertise in design + technical integration.

Academic Liaison
Kevin Erickson | Director of Graduate Architecture

arch.illinois.edu

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“Radical Innovation was a life changing event to me with all what that means. Since 2015, my life has never been the same. Left home, got my Masters scholarship from UNLV, my thesis got shortlisted for another global design challenge and I got the chance to share it with the Boring Company-Elon Musk’s Infrastructure Foundation, I met and talked to people I never expected I’ll get the chance to meet with. RIA was the door that opened all this to me.“

YASMIN SOLIMAN | 2015 STUDENT WINNER

 
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