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CIRCULAR inNOVA(tion)

CIRCULAR inNOVA(tion) Ideation and Entrepreneurship programme

NOVA joined forces with Sociedade Ponto Verde® to develop a programme that aims to respond to specific environmental and packaging waste-management challenges and is open to individual or team applications.

This programme promotes the generation of innovative solutions using co-creation methodologies and rapid prototyping which will occur in two phases:

  • IDEATION BOOTCAMP: During this phase, innovative ideas will be generated using design thinking tools.
    • Three to Five teams will move on to the next phase.
  • SPRINT MVP: During this phase, the selected selected teams will receive a monetary value (1.000€) to support the development of their minimum viable product (MVP). In the end, they will make a pitch to the jury.
    • The best team gets additional support to continue to develop the project together with SPV partners and NOVA Impact team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can find the regulation of the program here.

 

Apply here!
TO WHOM?
  • Teams of up to five members (at least one must be from the NOVA ecosystem).
  • Entrepreneurial individuals looking for a team (for matchmaking). Individual registrations may already have a project or be looking to integrate an entrepreneurial project that is on going.
  • The elements can be students, alumni, researchers, teachers, etc..
DURATION OF PROGRAMME
  • Ideation Bootcamp (15 November to 27 November) | Face to Face
    • Welcome and networking session with team formation
    • Kick off and talk on the chosen design challenges (by SPV)
    • Design thinking workshop
    • How to pitch your project

 

  • .MVP sprint (4 December to 26 March 2024) | Workshops are Online but and intermediate and pitch presentations are Face to Face.
    • Workshops – in the beginning of each week (day to be announced)
    • Dedicated mentoring + mentor network
    • Intermediate report and presentation: 9th of february | 2-4pm
    • Final Pitch (DEMO DAY): 26th of March | 5.30-7pm

 

 

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DEADLINES
  • Application submission: 6 November
  • Applications analysis: 7 till 10 November
  • Communication of teams and individual selected: 10 November
  • Beginning of program: 15 November

Challenges 

Pay as you throw

How can we create a system that is fair and that reaches the entire population?

On demand

How to set up an “on-demand” packaging waste management system?

Sensitising

How to mobilize consumers to reduce, separate more and more effectively the packaging waste?

Apply here!