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Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance – can we help you?Join the #BalticBlueBioAlliance – our experts will help you take your blue biotechnology idea to the next level!

The Baltic Sea Region’s leading marine and biotechnology institutes have joined together and are opening their doors to you: labs, brains, resources, expertise and facilities are at your disposal. We offer assistance in all kinds of areas, from scientific and technical development to contractucal and financial expertise to marketing. Together we will identify what’s needed to build your value chain and find the right partners.

Are you a start-up or SME, an academic institution or a student with new product or service development ideas from marine biobased resources? Then don’t miss this opportunity to develop your blue biotech service or product! Make the most of our free mentoring programme. A dedicated mentor institution will work with you on a one-to-one basis and help you benefit from our network’s expertise.

Interested? Apply by 3 March 2017. The cases invited to join our mentoring programme will have the opportunity to present their ideas to the Alliance expert panel in Gothenburg, Sweden on 4 April 2017, so save the date!

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Through its mentorship programme, the ALLIANCE will support the case owners with:

…advisory services: helping you to identify the right partners to bridge the gaps in your business and product development

…analytical services: related to biodiscovery and biotechnology of marine macro- and microorganisms, e.g. bioassays, growth optimisation, high value compounds, co-culturing, chromatography, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry-based chemical imaging, natural product chemistry

…bioresources: access to a large variety of marine biomaterial culture collections (e.g. macro- and microalgae, cyanobacteria, marine bacteria and fungi, mussels…)

…equipment: state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities for applied research and product development, including analytical platforms, culture platforms and (pilot) plants from lab to pilot scale, research and development facilities

…legal advice: in questions related to intellectual property rights, patenting, legal framework requirements for joint activities

…business development and marketing: support in business planning, life cycle assessment reports, technology transfer, incubation, fundraising, marketing and communication

WHAT WE OFFERThe Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance (ALLIANCE) is looking for promising cases in the field of blue biotechnology in need of dedicated expert support for product and service development. Case partners and their mentors will explore new ideas with the potential to develop sustainable and innovative products from marine biological resources that are relevant to and for the benefit of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR).


…AND ARE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• A start-up, SME or larger company willing to develop new innovative products or services from marine biobased resources,

• An academic institution or scientific group,

• A student with blue biotechnology background, great product or service development ideas and entrepreneurial spirit.

WHAT CURRENT CASE OWNERS SAY ABOUT THE ALLIANCE

Working with scientific experts within the Alliance allows us to fast-track our product development process.– Levent Piker, CRM Coastal Research & Management

Case mentors provide dedicated points of contact for Baltic Probiotics within the project, able to offer advice and represent our company’s interests.– Arta Bardule, Baltic Probiotics

Becoming part of the Alliance has given us a chance to discover more creative ideas and scientific analysis of our potential. – Sigitas Petrauskas, JSC Geoterma

ABOUT THE ALLIANCEThe ALLIANCE project has brought more than 20 blue biotechnology actors from across the BSR together to address key challenges and opportunities in the sector and to develop innovative marine biobased products and services together with companies. The ALLIANCE project aims to foster sustainable blue growth in the BSR by facilitating a selected number of concrete successful demonstration cases for transnational development of commercial blue biotechnology products in the whole BSR. For more information about the ALLIANCE visit our website www.balticbluebioalliance.eu

PARTICIPATE IN OUR CALL FOR IDEAS……IF YOU WANT TO:

• Test your concept, idea, product,

• Get tailor made business development and consultancy services essential for development of your product value chain,

• Access excellent research infrastructures and pilot/testing facilities,

• Discover and use new biomaterials,

• Expand your network and become a part of a consortium,

• Learn from the experiences of industry experts and practitioners,

• Gain more visibility and recognition,

• Be a forerunner in the new trends in the field of blue biotechnology.


SUBMISSION PROCESSUsing the templates available below as attachments, please submit your full proposal by e-mail to [email protected]. The deadline for applications in this round of submissions is 03 March 2017 (23:59 CEST).

The most promising cases will be invited to join our Alliance mentoring programme. They will have the chance to meet the partners and present their idea to our international expert panel in Gothenburg, Sweden on 04 April 2017.

SELECTION PROCESSApplications are assessed by ALLIANCE experts based on the following criteria:

• Relevance for the Baltic Sea Region

• Sustainability

• Feasibility:• Feasibility to find suitable value chain partners,• Strength of business case• Timeline

• Balance / diversity with regards to:• topics, applications, product ideas, innovativeness• position in the value chain / technology readiness level (TRL)• origin / BSR countries’ representation

The most promising / suitable applicants will be invited to join the Alliance mentoring programme as cases. They will be given the opportunity to present their idea to our international panel of experts at our meeting in Gothenburg. Each case owner will have 7 minutes to deliver their presentation to the expert panel. The case owner will then have a further 7 minutes to address questions from the panel and audience.

They will receive initial feedback on their idea and be introduced to the partners best placed to help their product development.

The presenters should bear in mind that their presentation should:

• Clearly communicate a challenge to be solved.

• Identify a market affected by the problem.

• Propose a creative solution to the problem.

The meeting will also be a great opportunity to connect informally with Alliance members and find out more about our work.

NATIONAL CONTACT POINTSFor more information about the ALLIANCE project and its mentoring programme or any other issues, please contact your National Contact Point

COUNTRY CONTACT NAME INSTITUTION E-MAIL PHONEDenmark Hilary Karlson Danish Technological Institute [email protected] +45 7220 3441

Estonia Mariann Nõlvak Tartu Biotechnology Park [email protected] +372 738 3053

Finland Jukka Seppälä Finnish Environment Institute SYKE [email protected] +358 295 251 631

Germany Heinrich Cuypers BioCon Valley [email protected] +49 3834 515108

Latvia Elina Didrihsone CleanTech Latvia [email protected] +371 675 53518

Lithuania Zita Gasiunaite Coastal Research and Planning Institute CORPI [email protected] + 370 46 390 818

Poland Krzysztof Bielawski, Katarzyna Palinska

Universtiy of Gdansk [email protected] [email protected]

+48 58 523 63 14+48 784613947

Sweden Göran Nylund University of Gothenburg [email protected] +46 31 786 96 75

IMPORTANT DATES

Call Opens Submission Deadline Send to: [email protected]

Invitations to meet the Alliance Presentation to Alliance panel in Gothenburg, Sweden

20 January 2017

03 March 2017 (at 23:59 CEST) 20 March 2017 4 April 2017

KEYWORDS:

Blue Biotechnology, Baltic Sea Region, natural product chemistry, marine biodiscovery, marine bioresources, biology of marine invertebrates, macro- and microalgae, process design, aquaculture, genomics, biofuels, food, cosmetics.

A SUBMARINER Network project Lead Partner:

Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance Application to the mentoring programme

ALLIANCE – Application to the mentoring programme (spring 2017) page: 1/6

Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance mentoring programme

Application form

Title of your idea / your case:

Contact details

Institution:

Type of institution:

Address:

Postal code, town:

Country:

Fist name:

Last name:

E-Mail:

Phone:

Website:

1 THIS IS OUR IDEA

Short summary of idea or results of former work related to idea (e.g. proof of concept, ideas, first market

analysis, observations etc.) – max. 750 characters



2 WHO WE ARE

Summary of personal and institutional competences, background, motivation

– max.500 characters

3 STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

Describe the development stage of your case (e.g. idea, prototype, operational locally- internationally,

testing, validating, piloting) – max 500 characters



4 OUR COOPERATION NEEDS

Describe the main cooperation needs for your case (e.g. analytical tests, new organism, preclinical or

clinical trial, biomass production and dimension/upscaling, taxonomy, chemical/physical treatment, IPR,

marketing, business plan) – max. 750 characters

5 EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT

Evaluate the development of your idea so far, based on first tests analysis, thinking (e.g. most probable

success under specific consideration of…) – max 500 characters



6 COST ESTIMATION

ALLIANCE cannot fund your proposed project by financial means. In order to evaluate your idea as a

case for ALLIANCE mentorship, we need a statement on cost estimation for realisation of your idea OR

a statement why you are not able to provide these data.

Total: €

Comment field: please specify here in more detail which major cost items you foresee (e.g.

equipment, consumables, external services and testing, piloting, up-scaling, production, business

plan preparation). Alternatively, please explain why you did not provide a cost estimation (e.g. cost

estimation is a need for your case) – max 500 characters.

7 ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR DEVELOPMENT

Please estimate the time frame for development (e.g. when you expect prototypes, product/service to be

ready) – max 500 characters



8 CHANCES, ADVANTAGES AND INNOVATION

Why should your idea be chosen? Please try to estimate the chances, advantages and innovation of

your idea in the below table.

Benefit for customer

Turnover potential

Fits well with existent product portfolio; product

diversification

Market attractiveness

Market access (e.g. via existing partners or

network)

Sustainability

Acquisition of technology and know-how

Other

9 RISKS

Why should your idea not be chosen? Include a short risk analysis below or attach a separate document.

Think about and list any possible risks and evaluate the factors health, environment, raw material,

production, storage, handling, market and competitor, business etc. – max. 750 characters



10 REFERENCES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION

List here any other relevant documents or references:

Instructions

Please fill in this form carefully and return it electronically to [email protected] by

3 March 2017 (23:59 CEST).

In case of any questions or uncertainties, please get in touch with your national contact point for the

Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance mentoring programme. You can find their contact details at

www.balticbluebioalliance.eu.

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