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InnoEnergy Innovation Doctorate 2017 – Application Form
Project topic (title)
Contact person at the company (full name, position, email, and phone number)
About the company (ten lines maximum)
About the academic institution (ten lines maximum)
Project topic (15-line summary including the main objective)
Note: the content of this section may be used by KIC InnoEnergy for promotion of the program to PhD candidates.
Main Energy Challenge addressed (and up to two additional ones, if relevant)
Please use the reference provided in the “Energy Challenges” document
Presentation of the supervisor(s) at the academic institution
Presentation of the supervisor(s) at the company
Host university (if the academic partner/research organisation is not a university)
Confirmed or potential partner for the mobility placement (preferably in Europe)
Name of the local, regional, or national agency chosen for co-funding (if any)
Project description
Note: the content of this section is confidential. It will only be shared with the selection committee.
Please make sure you answer each item (A.i, B.i, C, D and E). For each item, no more than 10 lines.
A. PhD topic
A.1. Detailed objective(s) and project plan (major steps, time spent at lab/company, planned mobility, etc.)
A.2. Roadmap from research to innovation and technology transfer
A.3. Balance between/combination of PhD research work and transfer of research results to innovation stage
A.4. Expected benefits for the PhD project from InnoEnergy PhD School programme (training, networking,
and international mobility)
B. Innovation that will benefit from the project:
B.1. What problem does your product/service solve?
B.2. What scientific or technological issue is to overcome to reach the market?
B.3. Which customer need does it satisfy?
a. How large will the Total Addressable Market (TAM) be in the following 5 years? (niche
market versus wide market)
b. Who are the potential customers and what are their characteristics? (customer analysis)
c. Are there similar technologies / products in the market? Please specify your competitive
advantage/disadvantages.
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b.
c.
B.4. Competitive assets of the company and the lab : Availability of the required knowledge in the
consortium, positionning in the value chain
B.5. Roadmap from the lab to the market, from the idea to the product: project plan (milestones,
deliverables, availability of resources, etc.)
B.6. How the innovation will benefit from InnoEnergy involvement (networking, Innovation Project
submission, Business Creation submission)
C. Soundness of the collaboration between the company and the lab in terms of PhD thesis and innovation:
respective inputs, previous collaborative research, joint supervision, respective roles, agreements, etc.
D. Expected benefit for InnoEnergy from the project
Severity
Impact
Nature of risk
Likelihood
E. Risk assessment: Self-assessment of risks of project with mitigation per risks.
Mitigation measures
Research risks
Technology risks
Market risks
Financial risks
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Likelihood: 1 = improbable; 2 = unlikely; 3 = possible; 4 = likely; 5 = probable
Impact: 1 = light; 2 = serious; 3 = major; 4 = catastrophic
Severity = Likelihood x Impact