Imperial College London to Offer Credits for Bitcoin Projects

Imperial College London and Entrepreneur First (EF), a pre-seed investment programme, have announced a new partnership focused on bringing bitcoin technology to students.
Under the agreement, the institutions will support student innovation in the field of cryptocurrency, including bitcoin. The programme will be available to students from a range of departments, including mathematics, computing, engineering and business.
Where appropriate, students will be encouraged to pursue bitcoin-related ideas as credit-bearing elements of their degree courses. For example, students can apply to carry out bitcoin projects as group projects or individual projects, both of which are compulsory elements of many degree courses.
Bitcoin Prize Fund
In order to motivate students and support the initiative, Entrepreneur First has created the Imperial/EF Bitcoin Prize Fund, which will provide cash awards of up to 3,000 to the best bitcoin-related projects. It will also offer additional funds to purchase equipment used in the projects. Grants of up to 500 are available, along with mentoring sessions and other forms of support.

This post was published at Coin Desk on October 13, 2014.