Application for Innovation Challenge 2020

Please fill in all information truthfully and completely and please note that failure to do so may result in disqualification from the Innovation Challenge.

Mandatory field I would like to register for the following category (only one selection possible):* Mechanization in the context of agriculture Digitalization in the context of agriculture Renewable energy in the context of agriculture

Mandatory field 1. Describe your innovation in less than 80 characters, please!*

I - General information about the company

Mandatory field 2. Name of the company*

Mandatory field 3. (Headquarter) address of the company*

Mandatory field 4. Since when does the company exist (optional scan of an official registration of the company can be uploaded below)*

Mandatory field 5. How many employees does your company have?*

Mandatory field 6. Is the managing director of the company under 35 years of age?* yes no

Mandatory field 7. In which country/countries does your company operate?*

Mandatory field 8. Please, describe the core business of the company!*

9. Details of the developer of the innovation:

Mandatory field First Name*

Mandatory field Last name*

Mandatory field Gender*

Mandatory field Nationality*

Mandatory field Country of residence*

Mandatory field E-Mail address*

Optional Biography (less than 1,100 characters)

10. If different from question 9, details of the contact person for the Innovation Challenge

First Name

Last name

Gender

E-Mail address

II – Information about the innovation

Mandatory field 11. Please, describe your innovation! How should your innovation be used? I.e. what benefit does the innovation have? (less than 1,500 characters)*

Mandatory field 12. Who will benefit from the innovation? Please, describe the target group or the market of your innovation! (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 13. Describe how your target group/customers can access the innovation! Where will they get the innovation? Does it cost anything and if so, how much? (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 14. Please, describe how you have financed the development of your innovation so far and how you intend to finance it in the future!*

Mandatory field 15. Are there existing competing product(s) on the market? If so, what and what advantages do you see in your innovation? (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 16. How long have you been working on your innovation?*

Mandatory field 17. How far is your innovation already been developed? For example, are you still at the very beginning with a first prototype or have you already been able to carry out several tests of the prototype? (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 18. Do you work together with partners? If so, with which partners do you work together and in what way? (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 19. Where do you see your innovation in five years? (less than 1,100 characters)*

III - Support Package

Mandatory field 20. Have you already received funding for your company and/or innovation? If so, from whom and when? (less than 1,100 characters)*

Mandatory field 21. If you win the competition, how can we support you most efficiently in further developing your innovation? What do you hope to gain for your innovation? (less than 1,100 characters)*

IV - Attachments

You have the optional possibility to upload documents (e.g. the registration of your company), photos or presentations (e.g. of the innovation, the team or the company).

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