Fünf neue Open Innovation Challenges auf PITCCH.eu

Die im Rahmen des EU-Projekts HORIZON geförderte Open Innovation-Plattform PITCCH ruft zur zweiten Runde in diesem Jahr auf. Auf fünf Challenges können sich Start-ups und Unternehmen bewerben. Neben einem Preisgeld in Form einer Förderung über 15.000 Euro verspricht das Projekt ein intensives Kooperationsprojekt zwischen den Challenge-Gebern und den Start-ups. Bei der letzten Wettbewerbsrunde konnte unter anderem das hessische Start-up CO2BioClean überzeugen, das nun eine intensive Kooperation mit Procter & Gamble eingegangen ist.

Die Challenges im Überblick

Challenge by Electrolux: Food Recognition APP

Electrolux is seeking an SME or a startup that can develop an Android and/or iOS APP with the focus on an algorithm to use the camera of a smart device (e.g. mobile phone, tablet) to detect and recognize a set of food objects and estimate the relative quantity in number or size. The objective is the features, not the interface.

Challenge by Mondi: Fly Ash as feedstock to specialty materials

Mondi wants to find an SME or a Startup who can provide meaningful solutions to utilize fly ash as an additive to specialty materials and possibly has a technology to compact the fly ash to bring it to the market, improving transport and handling at the customer level.

Challenge by Repsol: Production of Bio-Butadiene from Ethanol

REPSOL is looking for an SME or Startup to develop a cost-competitive Bio-Ethanol-to-bio-BD technology to reduce CO2 footprint from fossil Butadiene production processes and increase the use of non-food and waste biomass as feasible low-cost feedstock.​

Challenge by SGS: Automated Samplers for Environmental Monitoring

SGS is looking for a partner to develop an autonomous and portable device for the collection and preservation of eDNA for molecular applications, which would greatly overcome all the above and standardize sampling​. An innovative and efficient tool for large scale monitoring of ecosystems and biodiversity, and sensitive enough to detect important anthropogenic/environmental changes.​

Challenge by Signify Truly organic 3D printing material

Signify is looking for a partner to develop advanced biomaterials with a bio-origin, where the biomaterial should not degrade in the application, should be 3D printable and fulfil the product requirements like reduced carbon footprint and a new sustainability proposition, temperature resistance, strength, reliability etc.

Weitere Informationen sind auf https://pitcch.eu/challenges/ zu finden. Das Enterprise Europe Network Hessen steht als Ansprechpartner für Rückfragen rund um die Challenges sowie Möglichkeiten der EU-Förderung bereit.