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Are you ready to develop an innovative bio-based solution to help overcome hurdles standing in the way of a climate-neutral Europe? The Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge – Europe (BISC-E) invites students to design solutions in a multidisciplinary team and compete at national and international levels. Are you up to the challenge?

The German Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge (BISC-E) is organised by the University of Hohenheim as the national contact point. It is open for all Bachelor and Master students enrolled in a German university or university of applied sciences.

In a constantly evolving bioeconomy, we are looking for an innovative team to develop a new bio-based product or process to represent Germany in the challenge.

Next steps

• If you would like to participate, please determine a team coordinator and register your team via the online registration form above.
• You will receive an email from us shortly after registration where we will ask the other names of the team members.
• You will be invited to the online kick-off meeting, where we will give you more information about the course of the challenge.
• You will have to find a supervisor at the university who will advise and guide you during the challenge.
• Until 19 May you'll have time to design a viable bio-based product or process and send us your idea as a max. 10 minute video presentation.
• The jury will decide on the best three teams who will be invited to the German final.
• On 14 June the German final will take place at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart and the jury will choose the winner.
• The winning team will receive coaching and training from BIC before participating in the European final in autumn.

Participation

• Teams of 3 to 6 students are welcome to join the competition.
• We highly advise interdisciplinary teams due to the multidisciplinary character of the challenge.
• Mixed teams with students from both universities of applied sciences and universities or different institutions are encouraged.
• All team members have to be enrolled in a German university or university of applied sciences.
• Teams must find a supervisor e.g. a PhD student or a professor that will guide and support them throughout the challenge.
• Students and supervisors can only be part of one team.
• The developed innovative process or product will be judged on technical, sustainable and economic criteria.
• Each team must appoint a team coordinator who is the person who applies and will be the contact point for further communication between organiser and team members.

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