Photo: Team members (from the left): Chemmat’s Professor Mohammed Farid, PhD Candidates – Gohar Gholami, Misagh Ebrahimpour

Over 140 teams participated in the Callaghan C-Prize competition and our team (SES: Smart Energy Storage) was amongst the 10 finalist teams to receive a prize package valued in excess of $35,000, which included:

• $10,000 contribution towards the development (in New Zealand) of a proof of concept or prototype for the testing and final judging of the C-Prize Challenge.
• Access to the relevant Callaghan Innovation skills development programmes.
• Participation in the C-Prize Bootcamps, delivered by Callaghan Innovation and the C Prize network of experts to support the teams with the commercialisation of their ideas.
• Advice and mentorship to support teams on their commercialisation journey.

Please email Gohar if you would like more information: ggho641@aucklanduni.ac.nz