Open new doors with Pitch My Dissertation
Empowering purpose-inspired dissertations to tackle global challenges.
Open new doors with Pitch My Dissertation
Empowering purpose-inspired dissertations to tackle global challenges.
Welcome to Pitch My Dissertation
Your dissertation can be more than a proud academic achievement. It can open doors to new and exciting opportunities. It could lead to major grants, job offers, placements, or the start of a social enterprise.
Pitch my Dissertation (PmD) is a pioneering platform for students interested in conducting meaningful research.
Explore industry funded dissertation topics, pitch your own topic, win our PmD prize and enjoy the benefit of the PmD community.
Our aim is to engage students and recent graduates as active participants in tackling the biggest challenges of our times.
PmD Prize
PmD Prize is an annual award to celebrate research excellence and commitment in meaningful work. It is an exciting opportunity to connect, compete and collaborate with other changemakers and social innovators.
It’s your chance to highlight the potential contribution of your dissertation to a panel of judges and audience from academia, business, corporate, government and the third sector industry.
Furthermore, the competition includes a wealth of fantastic prizes, including:
cash prizes
Mentoring opportunities
Placement opportunities and potential job offers
Grants
Submission for publication
Scholarships
Cash prizes
Mentoring opportunities
Placement opportunities and potential job offers
Grants
Submissions for publication
Scholarships
Our Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board members are passionate about education, innovation, and leadership development. They are thought leaders with diverse professional expertise, perspectives and social capital to help amplify the impact of Pitch my Dissertation.
Leslie is a venture philanthropy and impact investment specialist. She is the Director of the 100x Impact Accelerator, a philanthropic cooperative that brings together capital, expertise and passion to scale and tackle critical global challenges.
Prior to this, she was Global Head of Energy at Acumen, where she led Acumen’s $20M Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative (PEII).
Cris Beswick is a serial entrepreneur turned strategic advisor, bestselling author & keynote speaker, recognised globally as a thought leader on innovation strategy, leadership, and culture.
Cris is also a Visiting Professor of Innovation at several business schools worldwide, co-founder of boutique innovation advisory firm ‘Outcome’ and co-author of the bestselling book ‘Building a Culture of Innovation’.
Blair
Sean leads SERIOUSWORK. He was the principal author and designer of the books and developed the SERIOUSWORK LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitation Training course.
Sean is also the founder of a ProMeet, an international professional facilitation business. He facilitates learning, growth and change in meetings, workshops, conferences all over the world.
Sean was a co-founder of the Service Design Network, an honorary Fellow at Durham University, a Trustee of the Royal Society of Arts, a council member of the Design Council and a commissioner on the Mayor for London’s Creative Industry Commission.
Sean is an IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator and a winner of a ‘Facilitation Impact Award’.
Philip serves as a speaker, teacher and advisor supporting some of the world’s leading brands in enterprise transformation from the advent of PCs to the edge of web3.
He supports transformational catalysts with comprehensive frameworks needed to actively craft cultures and create the future.
Living in Berlin and Los Angeles, he speaks and teaches around the world and supports a select cohort of future leaders as a trusted guide and advisor. He serves as a partner at LUMAN providing frameworks for leaders of the future.
Our Faculty
Our Faculty comprises distinguished individuals with a shared dedication to teaching and learning, academic and research excellence. Our Faculty brings a wealth of knowledge, experience to inspire the next generation of research innovation leaders.
Professor Simon Thompson
Head of School (Education and Social Work), University of Sussex
Professor Kevin Ibeh
Pro Vice Chancellor (International) at Birkbeck, University of London/Commissioner of Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Dr Soaud Mohamed
Senior Visiting Fellow at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics
Dr Akanimo Odon
Head of African Strategic Partnerships, Lancaster University
Get inspired
Peequal is making waves as the UK’s first women’s urinal to create pee-equality in public hygiene facilities. It was founded by Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane, two graduates from the University of Bristol, to solve the problem of unnecessarily long queuing for women’s toilets.
The co-founders credit the idea of Peequal to a practical dissertation during their studies which inspired them to explore practical solutions to real-world problems.
Peequal reached the semi-finals of the Santander x Entrepreneurship Awards 2021 and has gone on review rave reviews at festivals across the UK.
Find out more and fuel your own dissertation idea from the story of Peequal.
A diagram of a Peequal urinal.
Students Tara Priya Chandra and Susan Allen came up the idea of creating healthier, eco-friendlier menstrual products while studying at the London School of Economics. The idea became ‘FLO’, which now sells 100% cotton, organic, eco-friendly and BPA-free tampons for the mass market.
The consumer research involved in FLO became the basis for Tara’s Masters thesis for the Executive Global Masters in Management (EGMiM).
Tara was a beneficiary of the Graduate Entrepreneur Visa, allowing her to focus on FLO for two years following graduation, while FLO won the LSE Generate start-up competition in 2016.
Find out more and fuel your own dissertation idea from the story of FLO.
The biodegradable FLO packaging.
Partner With Us
We invite academia and industry to partner with us through various means. We are always on the lookout for Prize partners, industry topic sponsors, and donors who are keen on seeing student researchers get involved in meaningful dissertations. We are one stop away.
Select your region.
We run two competitions – one for students in Africa and one for students in the United Kingdom. Choose below to discover what Pitch My Dissertation can do for you in your region and how to enter each competition.
Partner with Us
We invite academia and industry to partner with us through various means. We are always on the lookout for Prize partners, industry topic sponsors, and donors who are keen on seeing student researchers get involved in meaningful dissertations. We are one stop away.
Send us an email: innovate@pitchmydissertation.org