Outdo the Competition!
The 22nd annual Big Bang! Business Competition and Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competitions will award more than $100,000 in prize money and in-kind prizes.
2022 Big Bang! Business Competition Awards
| First Place | Lorin Johnson | Top innovation across all categories | $20,000 |
| People's Choice Award | Bow Capital + UC Davis Innovation and Technology Commercialization | Selected by online vote prior to the awards show | $10,000 |
| Food + Agriculture Sector Award |
Primary Sponsor: HM.CLAUSE Supporting Sponsor: AGR Partners | Gowan Co. |
For innovations in food and agriculture |
$10,000 |
| Animal Health + Industry Sector Award | For innovations in animal health | $10,000 | |
| Human Health + Industry Sector Award | For innovations in human health | $10,000 | |
| Energy + Sustainability Sector Award | For innovations in energy efficiency | $10,000 | |
| Social Entrepreneurship Sector Award | For innovations in social entrepreneurship | $10,000 | |
| In-Kind Services: | |||
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Six-month membership with one lab bench space in the Lab@AgStart. |
AgStart Food, Ag and Health Incubator in Woodland |
Offered to top food, ag and/or health innovation | $5,000 value |
| Six-month membership with access to lab equipment and collaborative workspace. | Inventopia Engineering and Life Science Incubator in Davis |
Offered to top engineering and/or life science innovation | $5,000 value |
Thank You to Our Other Sponsors
VSP Global Innovation Center | Bronze Level Sponsor
Please note:
- If your venture is incorporated and you win a prize, we will pay the prize to the corporation. If your venture is not incorporated, it is up to you to decide how to distribute and use the prize money.
- Before prizes are announced and awarded, You should discuss and decide as a team how the money will be split.
- Once we have paid you, the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has no further role.