Set a brief. Fund the team. Meet the talent.
Sponsor real student projects at LSBU. Get fresh thinking on your challenges, an early look at emerging talent, and impact you can measure.
From brief to real results
From a £50 micro-challenge to a year-long programme. You only pay for work that's signed off.
Apply and fund a track
Tell us your goals and budget. Once approved, your budget is held safely for your projects.
Post a challenge
Set the brief, team size, deadline and skills. Add mentor time or a site visit if you like.
Results and real talent
Student teams deliver your project, and you can verify the skills of students who share them.
Sponsorship that works hard
Fresh ideas on real problems
Teams of students work on your brief over four milestones, with a staff mentor signing off each one.
A talent pipeline
Meet motivated students through the work itself. Verify their skills credential in one click when they share it.
Transparent reporting
See your budget, what's been paid out, and every project you fund, including team size, universities and progress.
Social impact built in
Every award you fund adds 5% to a student-run Opportunity Fund for scholarships and hardship support.
Reach beyond one campus
Open your challenge to LSBU only, to chosen universities, or to the whole network.
Safe and accountable
Partners are vetted, every challenge is moderated, and you never get raw student data.
Your money, fully accounted for
Budgets from £50 to £100,000
Signed off by a staff mentor
Added to every award for students in need
Skills checks only with student consent
Pay for results, not promises
Your budget is held in escrow. Students are only paid when a mentor signs off their milestone, and anything left unspent is refundable.
- No reward is ever promised without funds behind it
- Track budgets and payouts live in your portal
- Add new tracks whenever you're ready
Partners of every size
Quick answers for sponsors
How much do I need to put in?
Tracks start at £50 and go up to £100,000. Your budget is held for your projects and is refundable if it isn't spent.
Can I see which students worked on my project?
You see team sizes, universities and milestones, but not individual activity. Students can choose to share a verified skills credential with you, which you check in your portal.
Who checks the challenges?
University staff review every challenge before it goes live, and mentor the teams that take it on.
How do I get started?
Apply on the partner page or email sales@contribio.app. After a short vetting check you'll get your own sponsor portal.
Built by a co-operative, for the community
Contribio is the platform of the Hack the System movement, produced by Crystalisr Co-operative Society Ltd.
Hack the System
The movement for a fairer participation economy in universities: making student contribution count, and keeping the value students create inside their own community.
hackthesystem.crystalisr.coopCrystalisr Co-operative
The South London co-operative that organises Hack the System and produces Contribio, bringing local people and businesses together to build and keep local wealth.
crystalisr.coopFund your first challenge
Apply to become a sponsor, or email us to shape a programme around your goals.