EIT Raw Materials Business Idea Competition
Awards up to €10,000 for winning raw-materials business ideas from individuals and startups.
The EIT Raw Materials Business Idea Competition is an EIT RawMaterials prize that awards up to €10,000 for winning raw-materials business ideas from individuals, research teams, entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. Two training webinars are offered before the idea-submission deadline to help potential applicants turn a raw idea into an early business model. Reaching the BootCamp is not the only…
Open to individuals, research teams, entrepreneurs and early-stage startups with new product, process or service ideas across three categories: mineral exploration and safer, more sustainable mining; recycling, secondary materials and circular-economy business models; and substituting critical or toxic materials for better-performing alternatives, with solutions considered at the elemental, material, process, product, system or service level.
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