POTENTIAL PAPER
technology award 2014
Documents to be
submitted:
1) Potential Paper = Applicant Information + Detailed Description of
the Business Idea and its Potential
2) Scientific Paper: Publication or Draft max. 20 Pages
A)
APPLICANT INFORMATION
1)
Details of Applicant (in case of joint application, please enter the name of the contact person)
Name (contact person):
Educational Establishment:
2)
University of Innsbruck
Medical University of Innsbruck
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
FH Kufstein
UMIT
Tyrolian Cancer Research Institute
IQOQI
FH Gesundheit
Detail of Application
Titel of Business Idea:
In which sector/industry
branch would you place your
idea?
Life Sciences
Information Technologies
Innovative Services
Creative Industries
Physical Sciences
Short Description of Business Idea: (max. 200 characters)
Status of Business Idea: (concept phase, laboratory tests, prototype, reference project, pilot customer etc..)
Name(s) of Applicant(s)/Team Member(s): (max 5 names)
Institute(s) of Origin of Results: (max. 3 names)
Center for Academic Spin-Offs Tyrol | www.cast-tyrol.com
in cooperation with
B)
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE BUSINESS IDEA AND ITS POTENTIAL
1)
Scientific/technological Background of the Business Idea (max. 2,500 characters)
2)
Business Idea
Customer Benefit (max. 1,000 characters per question)
What product/service do you want
to offer?
Who is/are the customers or
customer groups for your
product/service?
Why do customers buy your
product? Which basic problem does
your product solve for the
customer?
Market Potential (max. 1,000 characters per question)
Describe the market in which your
product will be sold.
How big is the market, can it be
expressed in figures? Are there
different submarkets? What is your
market niche?
Is the market expanding or
shrinking? What trends are to be
observed in the market?
Competition (max. 1,000 characters per question)
What players are already operating
in the market?
What competing products are
there on the market?
What are your competitors’ most
important selling points?
Which problems do your
competitors’ products solve for the
customers?
Technological Unique Selling Propositions (max. 1,000 characters per question)
What problem does your
technology solve?
How is the problem solved now?
Which technical advantage does
your product offer compared to
the state of the art?
How relevant do you consider this
solution to be?
Can your results be protected by
intellectual property rights?
Center for Academic Spin-Offs Tyrol | www.cast-tyrol.com
in cooperation with
What information or time lead do
you have over potential imitators
or your scientific competitors?
Development Potential / Chances and Risks (max. 1,000 characters per question)
How far advanced is the
development of your product or
service?
What are the most important
development steps to completion of
your product/service in order to
make it marketable?
How high is the development risk
for this product or service? Do name
and review the most significant
development risks.
How much time (months, years,...)
and what resources (money,
manpower, equipment,…) do you
need to make this product/service
marketable?
Center for Academic Spin-Offs Tyrol | www.cast-tyrol.com
in cooperation with
C)
1)
GENERAL INFORMATION
Where/how did you learn about the CAST technology award 2014?
Folder
Poster
Friends/Acquaintances
2)
Website: if so, which one?
Email: if so, which one?
Other:
Room for your comments (we appreciate your suggestions, requests and even your complaints!)
Please upload your
application as an MS Word or www.cast-tyrol.com/en/gruendung/cast-technology-award.html
PDF file*:
We wish you GOOD LUCK and are looking forward to receiving your application!
In case of questions regarding your application please do not hesitate to contact the CAST team by email
under [email protected]!
*
Confidentiality: Any documents submittet will be treated confidentially. All persons involved in the Award, most notably CAST employees and jurors, must
sign confidentiality agreements to protect the intellectual property of the participants. Disclosure of any relevant inventions for the purpose of an
instruction to reproduce results is not a participation requirement.
Legal Process: A participation in the award is free of charge. The prices are awarded by an independent jury. There is no right of appeal.
Center for Academic Spin-Offs Tyrol | www.cast-tyrol.com
in cooperation with