Apply for Regional Innovation Competition and Win EUR 5,000

EIT Raw Materials, a branch of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology in the fields of metals, minerals and advanced materials invites all innovators, startups and small and medium enterprises to apply for the Regional Innovation Competition 2021.

Are you a beginner with an idea that you would develop in the Raw Materials sector? Apply for the Regional Innovation Competition 2021, with the award of EUR 5,000 and become part of the largest global innovation community.

The Regional Innovation Competition is a program which provides you with workshops for the further development of the idea, training vouchers and local support by the Incubator, that is, the Startit team for Serbia, and it ends with the competition and the handing out of the awards.

The competition consists of three phases.

Phase One: Submitting applications – the application deadline is September 28, and applications are made through this link, and the best startups go to Phase Two.

Phase Two: Workshops and vouchers for training – the selected startups will take part in two workshops, get vouchers for a 3-5-hour training and connect with local Incubators for support. Phase Two takes place between October and December 2021.

Phase Three: Competition – the teams present their ideas to the jury and compete for the first three awards.

The best three teams get awards of 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 euros.

Thematic frameworks

– research and estimate of resources in the fields of metals, minerals and advanced materials;
– increased resource efficiency in mineral and metalworking processes;
– recycling and optimization of systems for products which are no longer used;
– replacement of critical and toxic materials in products for optimal performances;
– product design and circular economy service;
– mining in challenging environments.

Also, teams which develop solutions for: sustainability and supply with primary and secondary resources; sustainable materials for future mobility (batteries, fuel cells, magnets, materials for a light design, including steels, non-ferrous alloys, composites and multimaterials); raw materials and circular societies (new sustainable business models, such as reuse, repair, processing); may also apply for the contest.

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European Institute of Innovation and Technology in the fields of metals minerals and advanced materials

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Regional Innovation Competition