Step On The Box

Challenges

Improve the entrepreneurial landscape for starting entrepreneurs in the Municipality of Maastricht

The Municipality of Maastricht invites you to step into the shoes of a starting entrepreneur in Maastricht and share your experiences and solutions, so we can improve Maastricht’s entrepreneurial landscape.


  • Students with an interest in or affinity for entrepreneurship

  • Mosae Forum 10, 6211 DW Maastricht, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 9 Oct 2025
Deadline registration 2 Oct 2025
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Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Deadline registration 2 Oct 2025
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A different perspective on energy use in public transport (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)

At GVB, the public transport operator in Amsterdam, we are already actively working on gaining insights into our energy consumption. As a department, our primary focus lies on the energy use of trams, metros, the infrastructure they run on, and the stations that support them.


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Gold mining in trash ash (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
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Autonomous Industry: Accelerating the Energy Transition (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Concrete Sustainability Performance (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
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How can advanced technologies improve cleaning efficiency and verification? (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Servitization in Action: How to Turn Products into Smart Services (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Adaptive Thermal Comfort (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Rethinking Ultrasonic Flow Measurement (UFM) for the 21st Century (Advanced Technologies & Industrial Innovation Hackathon)


  • Students in the technical field.

  • Kattenburgerstraat 5, 1018 JA Amsterdam, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 2 Oct 2025
Registration closed
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Insurance Challenge 13

Kun je er met behulp van AI voor zorgen dat de verzekeraar hier sneller van op de hoogte wordt gebracht? Hoe kun je de noodzakelijke informatie sneller uitwisselen?


  • Studenten op het gebied van AI, Data Science, IT, Bedrijfskunde en Juridisch.

  • Archimedeslaan 10, 3584 BA Utrecht, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 15 Oct 2025
Deadline registration 8 Oct 2025
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Mobility in the Eindhoven Healthcare Sector - SDG-Challenge Autumn 2025

What is needed to motivate healthcare workers to make the most environmentally friendly/sustainable choice for their daily commute, taking the above mentioned in consideration?


  • Logistics / Transport, Behavioural Sciences, Mobility, Social Design, Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering, Public Health, environmental studies, ICT/Data Science/(Smart) mobility, students from Eindhoven

  • Karel de Grotelaan 415, 5654 NN Eindhoven, Netherlands, Hybrid
  • 4 Nov 2025
Registration closed
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Completed Challenges

Help Green Boutique Make Swimming Sustainable

Our holiday parks offer guests the luxury of a heated outdoor swimming pool at 28 °C all year round. This is an important part of our guest experience and a key differentiating feature. However, heating the pools in winter requires a great deal of electrical energy. At that time, our solar panels generate hardly any electricity. In addition, restarting pools that have been shut down is not efficient: heat pumps operate slowly in cold conditions and consume a lot of energy. **Design a technically and economically feasible sustainable heating system for the pools that: ** Can maintain 28 °C year-round. Significantly reduces electricity consumption. Makes maximum use of renewable energy. Minimises heat loss without creating operational obstacles for staff or guests. Achieves a reasonable payback period within 5 years. **Current challenges ** • High energy costs in winter: the heat pump consumes a lot of electricity at low outdoor temperatures, combined with low solar panel output. • Slow start-up of pools that have been shut down: it takes a lot of energy and time before the pool reaches the desired temperature again. • Heat loss through the surface: a thin roller cover limits heat loss, but the effect is limited. • Insulation panels tested: experiments with insulation panels on the roller cover showed measurable energy savings, but proved operationally impractical (time-consuming and inconvenient for daily use).


  • Technical students with an interest in sustainability

  • Handwijzersdijk 3a, 7255 MJ Hengelo, Netherlands
  • 25 Sep 2025
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Help TGN|Fritom Shape the Future of Logistics!

TGN|Fritom is at a turning point. Currently focused on transport, the company is opening a brand-new warehouse and aims to become an innovative, sustainable full-service logistics provider. Think smart warehousing, fulfilment, AI, robotics, and green logistics.


  • Dutch and International students with an affirmation for Logistics, Technology and Business Administration

  • Botterweg 21, 8042 PA Zwolle, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 24 Sep 2025
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Smeets Vastgoedservice Challenge

Hoe blijft Smeets Vastgoedservice een relevant partner voor woningcorporaties in 2030?


  • HBO/WO-studenten (Facility Management, Built Environment, Psychologie, HRM, Finance, Sustainability en Engineering), voorkeur Nederlandstalig maar Engelstalig mag ook.

  • Kotterweg 20, 6222 NR Maastricht, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 16 Sep 2025
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Innovation just with cooperation

How can we effectively engage Dutch municipalities and provinces and encourage them to make the right choice for a sustainable road?


  • International HBO and WO Students

  • Magistratenlaan 82, 5223 MD 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 1 Jul 2025
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Mijn Parkstad 2040

Jongerenparticipatie; Hoe denken jongeren uit Stadsregio Parkstad over onderwerpen binnen toekomstverhaal Parkstad Limburg 2040?


  • Jongeren (14-27 jaar) uit en/of woonachtig in de stadsregio Parkstad die hun visie willen geven over onderwerpen binnen toekomstverhaal van Stadsregio Parkstad.

  • Promenade 14-26, 6411 JK Heerlen, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 25 Jun 2025
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Insurance Challenge 12

Bedenk strategieën die de betaalbaarheid van verzekeringsproducten waarborgen, terwijl risico's effectief worden beheerd, met name gezien de toenemende claims als gevolg van klimaatverandering.


  • Nederlandstalige HBO en WO-studenten.

  • Schenkkade 65, 2595 AS Den Haag, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 4 Jun 2025
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Through Future Eyes: Reimagining Sustainability for Mother Earth and Generations Yet to Come

How would unborn generations and Mother Earth respond to Oasen’s current sustainability policy? Imagine that both have a voice and could share their feedback.


  • National and international students with a background and/or passion in sustainability and a mindset on preserving on of the earth's precious resources: water.

  • Woerden, Netherlands
  • 4 Jun 2025
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De Toekomst van Communicatie bij BsGW

Hoe bereikt BsGW Limburgse jongeren op een slimme, begrijpelijke en effectieve manier?


  • Nederlandstalige HBO en WO studenten met een achtergrond in marketing, communicatie, bedrijfskunde, bestuurskunde of sociale studies

  • Kerkeveldlaan 2, 6042 JX Roermond, Netherlands
  • 3 Jun 2025
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Fostering Interdepartmental Collaboration in a High-Tech Scale-Up

How can we promote interdepartmental collaboration and a strong sense of unity as Robin Radar Systems rapidly expands into multiple adjacent buildings?


  • Students in the field of Architecture, Organizational Psychology, HR, Project management or other related fields

  • Laan van Waalhaven 355, 2497 GM Den Haag, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 20 May 2025
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Rabobank GenAI Challenge (1)

Develop an actionable vision of Robin as an advanced Digital Assistant focused on customers from 0 to 30 years of age. Prepare a pitch to showcase your vision at the end of the day.


  • National and international students with background in business, AI, Data, etc.

  • Croeselaan 18, 3521 CB Utrecht, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 20 May 2025
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NBA Auditing the Future - team Maastricht University

UM Students, prepare for a day filled with surprises, game elements and pressure!


  • Maastricht University second and third-year undergraduate students in financial-economical study disciplines.

  • Mercuriusplein 3, 2132 HA Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 16 May 2025
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NBA Auditing the Future - team UvA

UvA Students, prepare for a day filled with surprises, game elements and pressure!


  • UvA second and third-year undergraduate students in financial-economical study disciplines.

  • Mercuriusplein 3, 2132 HA Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Onsite
  • 16 May 2025
Registration closed
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