The "Research to Market Challenge" is a competition for business and start-up ideas from research at the Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, Technical University Berlin and Charité - University Medicine Berlin. It is organized in cooperation with the Charité Foundation, the Ernst Reuter Society, the Humboldt University Society, the Society of Friends of the TU Berlin, the Berliner Sparkasse and the IBB Business Team GmbH.
In the two-stage competition, members and alumni of the participating organizations can put their ideas on paper in German or English, submit them as competition entries and develop a plan for the first steps towards implementation.
The prizes include participation in a business model development workshop and prize money totaling 9,000 €. In addition, a special prize will be awarded for application ideas that deal with problem solutions in connection with the current Corona crisis and its consequences (details to follow)
Ideas from the fields of "Digital & Technologies", "Life Sciences & Health" or "Cultural & Social" can be submitted until May 3, 2020.
Why it is worth participating:
- You will learn how to develop a viable business model from a research-based business idea.
- You will find out what options and support are available for implementing your idea.
- You will come into contact with other participants and with experts from the network of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin.
- The winners of the first round (TOP 10 in each competition category) will take part in a business model development workshop.
- The three first-placed participants of the 2nd round present their idea in front of a prominent audience in the Max Liebermann House at the Brandenburg Gate. Make a note of June 25, 2020 from 6pm