Sustainable Energy Solutions Innovation Challenge and $15,000 Cash Prize from ISC3

The ISC3 Center invites innovators and entrepreneurs around the world to participate in the challenge of creating solutions in sustainable chemistry. The current third Innovation Challenge addresses innovators developing solutions in the following thematic areas:

Waste Prevention:

• Avoiding and reducing environmental impact.
• Durability and resilience.
• Closing material, molecule, and energy cycles.
• Waste reduction/avoidance by resource-efficient chemical and biotechnological production.
• Substitution of critical product ingredients preventing. recycling.
• Product design for longevity and better recyclability.

Waste Valorisation:

• plastic and other materials waste
• electronic waste
• agricultural and food waste
• construction waste
• production waste
• waste-water
• other waste streams
• Recycling, beneficial reuse, value recovery
• Waste reclamation
• Energy and scarce element recovery

Waste Management:

• Safe and sound management of waste
• Waste and waste-water treatment
• Harmful substances in materials and products
• Collection, transport, treatment, disposal, monitoring and regulation

Five finalists will receive:

• Tailored support: access to Global Start-up Service Customised Support.
• Visibility: promotion of your innovation via ISC3 communication channels.
• Networking: participation in the Investor Forum 2022
• Training: pitch training for preparation of your Investor Forum 2022 pitch.
• Cash prizes: the overall Innovation Challenge Winner will receive a cash prize of 15,000EUR.
• The two separate categories “Best Social Impact” and “Best Regional Impact" are endowed with cash prizes amounting to 5.000 EUR each.

• Eligible are all innovators and entrepreneurs, i.e., persons owning or representing the proposed innovation, employed by organizations including research institutes, start-ups, small-medium sized enterprises or comparable institutions active in the development and realization of sustainable chemistry solutions.
• Enterprises participating in the challenge shall have a staff headcount not exceeding 50 (full time equivalent) and an annual turnover. Enterprises majority-owned by large enterprises are not eligible for the award, with the exception of innovations leading to the creation of independent spin-offs.
• Proposals submitted by innovators and entrepreneurs from developing countries and tackling challenges in developing countries are considered as particularly important.
• Female entrepreneurs are specifically encouraged to submit a proposal.

Selection Criteria:

• Innovation level. Is the innovation unique, distinct and truly original?
• Business viability. What is the market potential of the innovation?
• Is the idea commercially feasible?
• Sustainability. What is the sustainability impact of the innovation?

Timeline:

• Deadline for first stage submission: April 19th, 2022
• Deadline for second stage submission: June 15th, 2022,
• Jury Evaluation: June 16th – July 11 2022
• Finalist announcements: after July 15, 2022
• Finalist pitch training: September 2022
• Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony: in the frame of the Investor Forum scheduled for November 2022, date and location of the venue will be announced via https:/www.isc3.org.

About ISC3:

ISC3 is a new international centre promoting and developing sustainable chemistry solutions world-wide. The ISC3 was established in May 2017 by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as a contribution to the international transformation towards sustainable chemistry and is presently being hosted by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). The ISC3 Headquarter is located in the UN-City of Bonn, Germany.

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