Innovation Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) Innovation Challenge 2025 (15,000 EUR prize) – YOA

Deadline: March 3, 2025

Applications are open for the Innovation Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) Innovation Challenge 2025. They are in search of groundbreaking chemistry or chemical know-how improvements that deal with local weather change mitigation and adaptation.

Key focus areas embrace:

Reduction of greenhouse fuel emissions (GHG) in chemical manufacturing:

• Use of renewable power sources for power provide in chemical transformations, incl. electrochemical conversions, Power-to-X applied sciences, photocatalytic processes, inexperienced hydrogen
• Substitution of fossil feedstock by non-meals biomass/waste natural materials and conversion to chemical substances and supplies
• Chemical conversions utilizing CO2 as feedstock (CCU) and carbon seize applied sciences offering CO2 as feedstock, incl. additionally Direct Air Capture
• Chemical manufacturing applied sciences reducing CO2 emissions by minimizing power use
• Easy to implement selective catalytic/non-catalytic discount applied sciences for nitrous oxide in chemical manufacturing crops
• Mitigation applied sciences for different GHGs in chemical manufacturing processes

GHG mitigation by chemistry and biotechnology options:

• Chemistry-based supplies with superior power-effectivity, successfully lowering (scope 4) CO2 emissions in different sectors (building, transport and so on.)
• Mitigation of nitrous oxide from fertilized cropping programs
• Mitigation applied sciences for methane emissions in agriculture (ruminants) or municipal stable waste landfills
• High-performance alternate options to fluorinated gases with excessive world warming potential (hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride

Chemistry-based local weather change adaptation applied sciences:

• Innovation in desalination methods and recycling of wastewater to make sure sustainable freshwater provides
• Chemical options for retaining water for agriculture in arid areas
• Soil Carbon Sequestration: Enhancing soil’s capability to seize and retailer carbon, enhancing soil well being and lowering the impacts of local weather change on meals manufacturing.
• Heat-Resilient Building Materials, e.g. chemistry-based mostly supplies for indoor local weather regulation in buildings, e.g. constructing insulation supplies, part change supplies, reflective surfaces, and so on.

Benefits

Five finalists will obtain:

• Tailored assist: entry to Global Start-up Service Customised Support
• Visibility: promotion of your innovation through ISC3 communication channels
• Networking: participation within the Investor Forum 2025
• Training: particular person and group pitch coaching for preparation of your Investor Forum 2025 pitch
• Cash prizes: the general Innovation Challenge Winner will obtain a money prize of 15,000 EUR. The two separate classes “Best Social Impact” and “Best Regional Impact” OR “Special Impact” are endowed with money prizes amounting to five,000 EUR every.

Eligibility

• Eligible are all innovators and entrepreneurs, i.e., individuals proudly owning or representing the proposed innovation, employed by organisations together with analysis institutes, begin-ups, small-medium sized enterprises, or comparable establishments energetic within the growth and realisation of sustainable chemistry options.
• Enterprises collaborating within the problem shall have a workers headcount not exceeding 50 (full time equal) and an annual turnover of max. 10 million Euro.
• Enterprises majority-owned by giant enterprises aren’t eligible for the award, aside from improvements resulting in the creation of impartial spin-offs.
• Proposals submitted by innovators and entrepreneurs from growing international locations and tackling challenges in growing international locations are thought-about as significantly essential. Female entrepreneurs are particularly inspired to submit a proposal.

Criteria

The proposals will likely be assessed towards the three principal standards:

• Innovation degree. Is the innovation distinctive, distinct, and actually unique?
• Business viability. What is the market potential of the innovation? Is the concept commercially possible?
• Sustainability. What is the sustainability impression of the innovation?

Application

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For extra data, go to ISC3 Innovation Challenge.