BIO-EARN
is pleased to announce a Call for Concept Notes
BIO-EARN's Innovation
Fund aims to support top quality 'research for
development' project proposals in product development.
The
objectives of the BIO-EARN Innovation Fund are to:
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Support
innovations which have strong potential to lead to
sustainable economic growth through commercially
viable start-up companies or the expansion of
existing commercial activities
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Use
the Innovation Fund as a tool to develop new Biotechnology Research
and Development of high quality with high strategic
value to the region.
Go
to: Call for
BIO-EARN Innovation Fund Concept Notes (Closing
date 30 June 2007)
The
Innovation Fund will
support projects that have generated research outputs
with potential commercial value in which the IF will
support product development e.g. proof of concept, small
and large scale pilot testing, scaling up the production
of the product and setting up demonstration plots/pilot
plants. Commercialization could also be supported where
appropriate. The key principles /concepts, which
applications for the IF have to capture, should include
technology/process generated from sound and strategic
research, regional/international collaboration,
integration of at least two BIO-EARN thematic areas and
a team that adequately addresses all stages leading to
and including product development amongst others.
The
Innovation Fund aims to further strengthen the
ability of BIO-EARN network partners to build functional
linkages, and technology diffusion pathways for
disseminating strategic technologies/ products generated
within the BIO-EARN research consortia.
The Innovation Fund
Proposal provides detailed information on the genesis of the
Fund, the process for reviewing concept proposals, timelines, and the scoring and
evaluation criteria that will be applied.
Download BIO-EARN
Innovation
Fund Proposal (80KB file)
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