Innovation awards

Microbiomes Solutions Innovation Award (MSIA)

Microbiomes Solutions symposium is looking at showcasing innovative products and processes in the field of food, agriculture, environment and health, and wishes to recognize the efforts made by industry, innovators and researchers in finding solutions to bottlenecks currently limiting or slowing down innovation by awarding those innovations which can inspire the entire community.  
The MS Innovation Award (MSIA) welcomes applications on :   

• New bioprocess/ Synthetic biology
• New microbial products (food, pharma, environment...)
• New product targeting microbiomes
• New data processing

MSIA application submission starts on June the 19^th, 2025 and ends on September 1^st 2025. 

ELEGIBILITY
Application for the MSIA is open to every registered participant of the Microbiomes Solutions Symposium and applications must be made through the dedicated application form available on the event website. To be eligible for MSIA, the innovation presented must be an actual marketable product or process, close to being launched on the market or already marketed for less than 2 years. Research projects are eligible only if the prototyping/pilot phase has been successful.
Also, the innovation presented must be fully able to reach markets according to EU legislation and regulatory frameworks.

EVALUATION
Evaluation of the applications will be performed by a committee composed of the few members of Microbiomes Solutions scientific committees.

Evaluation will be based on the following criteria (in order of importance – counting from 5 to 1 point(s) respectively):

• Innovation: how valuable is the product/innovation presented in differentiating from current standards, or in solving a common problem for industry and/or in satisfying consumer needs.
• Sustainability: How valuable is the innovation as to improve sustainability.
• Safety: how valuable is the innovation in improving safety or in avoiding the introduction of new risks.
• Scalability: Is the product/process scalable at industrial level.
• Market Readiness: how close is this product/process to being launched on the market.
• Valorizing Partnership: Extra credit will be granted for products/innovations emerging from public/private partnerships.

The Evaluating committee reserves itself the right to contact the applicant(s) and ask additional questions to collect the necessary information needed for their evaluation. 
 
Please download the template "Application form for innovation award" below, fill it in and export it in PDF format before submitting via the online participant portal. 

Please note that to submit, you must first create an account.