Last days: Inno­va­tion Booster – circular project ideas wanted

Projects for the «Inno­su­isse NTN Inno­va­tion Booster Applied Circular Sustain­ability» can be submitted online until 30 April 2021. After the eval­u­a­tion in mid-May, six teams will be guided and supported in design thinking work­shops to develop their ideas on all aspects of the circular economy as well as build proto­types and test hypotheses. The ideas will be funded with up to CHF 25’000.00 each.

The inno­va­tion program, NTN Inno­va­tion Booster Applied Circular Sustain­ability (NTN IB ACS for short), which is funded by Inno­su­isse, promotes the imple­men­ta­tion of 100% circular concepts and solu­tions in Switzer­land. Over the next four years, the program will support Swiss compa­nies, both finan­cially and through the transfer of knowl­edge, helping them to trans­form their systems from a linear to a circular economy.

Circular solu­tions will primarily be supported within defined «circular boosts». Together with a panel of experts from various disci­plines, including mate­rials research, product and process devel­op­ment, busi­ness model and life­cycle analysis, the NTN IB ACS will support compa­nies and inno­va­tors via moder­ated «design thinking sprints». These serve to illu­mi­nate the various aspects of the circular economy and help them to develop their ideas, taking all perspec­tives into consid­er­a­tion. Prod­ucts and services with circular busi­ness models, which have 100% closed biolog­ical and tech­nical mate­rial cycles and are in line with the cradle-tocradle prin­ciple, will be created.