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THE WAITRO INNOVATION AWARD

WAITRO Innovation Award 2021

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

The WAITRO Innovation Award aims to inspire new ideas and foster new teams amongst full and associate WAITRO members. It is an integral part of the WAITRO Innovation Ecosystem that sources, supports and scales innovative solutions developed jointly by WAITRO member organizations to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s WAITRO Innovation Award focuses on food security and sustainable agriculture (SDG 2-Zero Hunger). WAITRO will support innovative project ideas related to new sources of marine and terrestrial non-conventional food, such as micro- and macro-algae, insects or new forms of agriculture (e.g. hydroponics) that are less susceptible to climate change impacts.

Application opens: 7th of June, 2021

Application deadline: 30th of September, 2021 (via EMAIL to the WAITRO Secretary General)

Pitch Event & Awarding: December 2021

Value & Benefits

WHAT WE OFFER

  • 25,000 USD seed funding for winning project teams.

  • Professional pitch training and workshops to improve project proposals.

  • Participation in a WAITRO Pitch Event to raise further funding.

  • Networking opportunities with WAITRO partners for all applicants, leading to possible collaboration or investment.

  • Outreach via WAITRO website and social media channels.

  • Presentation at the WAITRO Global Innovation Summit scheduled for 2022.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Project teams that consist of at least two WAITRO member organizations from different countries.

  • Project teams that jointly develop innovative proposals for projects that contribute to food security and sustainable agriculture.

  • Project teams that use SAIRA to start an international cooperation between WAITRO member organizations that otherwise would not have happened.

How it works

STEP 1: BUILDING PROJECT TEAMS

WAITRO members can find their international partners on SAIRA, WAITRO’s Open Innovation Platform. Innovators upload their project idea while potential partners respond to these opportunities and propose a collaboration. Learn more about how SAIRA works.

STEP 3: APPLICATION FOR THE WAITRO INNOVATION AWARD

The project team leaders (PTL) apply for the WAITRO Innovation Award on behalf of the project team by filling out and sending in the application form to the WAITRO Secretary General until 30th of September, 2021.

STEP 5: WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

In November, finalists will take part in a pitch-training to help develop their presentation. Additional workshops to help teams develop their proposal are under consideration and may be offered as opportunity permits.