The wonderful part for the most successful students is when they can
combine their stories about the good time they had with stories about
working on interesting student projects to support a good cause.
A successful Best student Project will be
1. Choose a good cause for your student project:
A Best Student will work on a range of projects related to sustainable
development in developing countries as a part of their course work on
sustainable development. I always encourage them to think about the
practical side of case studies and consider the implementation of their
student projects.
2. Be Creative:
One of the most difficult parts of student projects – and any project in
real life – is to find an innovative solution for problems around us.
Paradoxically, it is not so difficult to identify large-scale global problems;
however it is a challenge to scale them down to make them manageable
for student teams and for implementation with a very limited budget.
Very often students think too big – at a very large scale – and promise to
move mountains. The real skill in innovations, including social
innovations, is to see the big picture and identify an angle or smaller
target problem for a creative solution.
3.Choose an appropriate angle and make it applicable:
The secret of any creative thinking lies in the ability to identify the right
combination of effort and resources – finding a good solution at minimal
cost. Very often this approach requires a different look at already widely
used materials and resources. It is also essential to choose an
appropriate angle that is applicable in a particular environment – city or
rural, high intensity or low intensity, etc.
4.Remember presentation and planning is essential:
Just finding an interesting and innovative solution is not enough. There
are two important aspects to consider and address: style of presentation,
and timing. Very often brilliant ideas are not appreciated when they are
not written in the language of the grant/award requirements or
“investment angel” views on innovation, so it is obvious that you need to

do a little homework before submitting an application. It is really
essential to prepare a high-impact presentation, project summary and
description, which is tailored to your project funding or supporting
organization according to their published requirements.