Croatian Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge

Would you like to design a creative bio-based solution in a multidisciplinary student team? The Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) encourages students to explore the emerging field of bio-based work while developing a new bio-based product or process. Are you ready for the challenge? Register by 24 March 2023!

The challenge

All students ( Ba/Ma/first-year PhD ) teams develop a bio-based innovation (product or process) and present their ideas live in a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation to a jury of industry and academic experts during the Croatian final. The presentation must be accompanied by a dossier explaining the sustainability, technical and economic feasibility of your innovation. The top 3 teams will be selected for the Croatian final based on the recorded presentation and accompanying dossier to present to the jury, followed by some Q&A.

All rules can be found in this regulation document.

Who can take part?

The competition is open to all Bachelors and Masters students (+ first year PhD students). Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the competition, it is recommended to combine several disciplines in your team, of which exact science should be one. Team members can come from different institutions.

Who is the winner?

Participating in BISC-E23 offers you a valuable entrepreneurial experience in the emerging bioeconomy, in developing a new product or process with all its aspects and in presenting innovative ideas to a panel of experts. In addition, there are great prizes to be won.

Prizes

First prize  €1000

Second prize €500

Third prize €250

If your team becomes the national BISC-E23 winner, you will be invited to represent your country at the European final.

How to apply?

You can register for BISC-E23 here: https://forms.gle/674rvcZhxovQWT3ZA  before 24 March 2023.

To register for the competition, you will need: a team name, a team leader (one of the student team members), a supervisor, the completed participation form and the personal details of the team members.

To enter the competition, you must fill in the entry form with your recorded presentation and send it to sanja.jelic@fazos.hr by 15 May 2023.

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