Application form

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Personal Informations

Name *

Surname *

Location (Country, City) *

Organisation name *

Email *

Telephone number *

Skype account

Social media handles

Website / URL

Your present business situation

What stage are you at: *

If registered, please tell us

Whatever your stage, please state the roles, skills and experience of all members of the project team (yourself if alone) that are relevant to the approach you will be taking *

Your innovative business idea

Describe your project (max. 150 words) *

What is the problem you are addressing (max. 150 words) *

What is your solution to solve it (max. 150 words) *

What are the solutions that currently exist and why is yours more relevant? (max. 150 words) *

Will your innovation focus on the application of existing technologies in new areas, the development of new technologies for existing areas or a totally disruptive approach ? (max. 150 words)*

What market will you address, what type of customers would you try to serve or target? (max. 150 words)*

Have you done some research to assess the market and marketability of your idea/project as well as existing competition? if yes, please synthesize your findings (max. 150 words)*

What specific capacities, experience, motivations etc do you and your team possess that could help you win the challenge it represents?

If your business is already running, how will this project fit with your current product, service lines or offerings, how will it make you more competitive? (max. 150 words)*

DeFINE Support

More specifically what kind of help/advice would you expect from us ?

Are there other resources, equipment and facilities you expect to gain access to via DeFINE ?

Expected benefit and output of DeFINE support phase

What do you concretely expect from this Mentoring phase we can provide? (for example, report, demonstrator, know-how, new process, product or service design) and how will these help you to target the need, challenge or opportunity identified? (max. 150 words) *

You can submit one appendix to support your answer. It must be a PDF and can be up to 2 pages long. The font must be legible at 100% zoom.

Consent of treatment of personal data *

I accept by tick this box the DeFINE notification and consent of treatment of personal data