Supporting innovation in SMEs in the bio-based economy

Value Chain Idea Application Form

This document needs to be filled in jointly by the responsible SuperBIO cluster leader and applicant. Maximal length 8 pages (excluding SME declaration)

Applicant information

Company
VAT number
Website
FirstName applicant coordinator
Last Name applicant coordinator
e-mail
Telephone
Address
Country
Legal entity / Large Enterprise/SME/academics/association/other
Founding year
Origin / Spin out, JV, private,…
If SME, fill out SME self-declaration form / See last page
How did you find out about the funded innovation support that SuperBIO offers (tick all boxes that apply)?
☐ / Approached directly by the project
☐ / Newsletter
☐ / SuperBIO event
☐ / Other event
☐ / Flyer or leaflet
☐ / Online search
☐ / Animation video
☐ / Word of mouth (eg another company, innovation office,…)
☐ / Other (please specify below)

SuperBIOValue chain idea information (to be filled in by Superbio cluster leader)

Contact point
Value chain leader
Value Chain number
Value chain Acronym

Description of the company

General indicators

Indicator / Answer
Number of employees
Yearly profit (€) last year
Yearly turnover (€) last year
Approx. what proportion of your activities is related to biobased / R&D:
Products:
Sales:

Your expectations over 5 years

Projected number of employees in 5 years
Projected profit in 5 years
Projected turnover in 5 years (€)
Projected sales in 5 years

Descriptive part

Do at least cover each of following topics:

  • Who are the key players in your company?
  • What is their experience relevant ONLY to this application?
  • How are they committed to the company (as employee, consultant or otherwise)?
  • Who are your shareholders?

Description of company activities with emphasis on the SuperBIO scope

Do at least cover each of following topics:

  • Which are your major activities?
  • Which activities in your company are related to this application?
  • Which major activities in your company are not related to this application, but are still related to the use of biomass, if any?
  • Do you perform any other R&D activities?

Describe you value chain concept/idea

Do at least cover each of following topics:

  • What is your new concept/idea?
  • Which new value chains can be generated with your concept/idea? Which potential value chain elements are needed/identified? Describe any cross-border and cross-sectorial aspects
  • How does your idea disrupt existing EU value chains? How is your idea interfering with existing value chains.

Fill out following scheme (conceptually) (in the text boxes you can add extra information, e.g. SME, large enterprise, explanation of the requirements of the partner,…). Note that a value chain is different from a supply chain, or the innovation chain. A value chain typically consists at least of a feedstock provider, a converter, and an end-user, but can contain more stakeholders if this is needed.

What is innovative about your value chain concept/idea?

Do at least cover each of following topics:

  • Which innovative aspects at commercial, scientific, technical, environmental and if appropriate social levelare present in your idea? (e.g. what is the technological innovation, process innovation, business model innovation and/or any other innovative aspect)
  • Compare and contrast the current landscape and the proposed solution, reference existing products/practices that are currently in use and under development and discuss their benefits and shortcomings (commercial, technical, environmental and social).
  • Which support do you need to complete the value chain? This support does not relate to the services, but to what kind of partners we should look for to complete the value chain.

Emphasize any environmental and resource efficiency aspects

  • eg replacing fossil resources, energy saving, CO2 emission reduction potential

What is the business opportunity for your company and within the EU economy

Do at least cover each of following topics:

  • Explain how it fits into the EU agenda on bioeconomy, waste, energy or other
  • Which business opportunitiesare created for your company by this innovation?
  • Describe the targeted markets, provide information on the estimated size of the markets, explain which assumptions you have made and which data you have used as starting point for your calculations.
  • How will your innovation contribute to economic growth and jobs in your company?
  • How will your innovation contribute to economic growth and jobs in the other companies in your value chains?
  • Will your innovation have an effect on re-industrialisation in the EU? e.g. how are you embedded in the EU economy, what are your growth plans in EU?

What is the intellectual property situation and exploitability regarding the value chain idea?

  • Detail any intellectual property (eg patents) you have obtained or applied for that might be relevant to establishing protection for the value chain idea.
  • Has any freedom-to-operate patent analysis been carried out on your technology or are you aware of any third party IP that may be relevant?
  • If already available, provide a summary and references of known prior-art around your innovation(i.e. a summary of any patent database searches, web-based searches and literature searches on which aspects of your innovation are already present in the public domain). Please note that the reviewers of this application are well aware that for most (if not all) innovations some type of prior-art is present. This information will actually be used to help you building the new value chains in a professional way.

How do you envisage SUPERBIO supporting your value chain?

  • Explain why support from SUPERBIO is required to bring your idea further
  • Explain how SUPERBIO adds value to your development.
  • Select innovation services which are of interest to you from the list below (optional). Note that the actual list of proposed services by the SuperBIO consortium will be made at a later stage in the process.
  • Thick following statement (mandatory)

☐ The company is aware that 25% of the value of the services is to be co-funded in-cash by the company. The services have to be completed by November 2018 or when the offer expires.

Innovation service / Service provider
☐ / Proof-of-concept and scale up / Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
☐ / Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) / nova Institute
☐ / Sustainability and regulatory appraisal / NNFCC
☐ / Techno-economic evaluation / nova Institute, NNFCC
☐ / Feedstock Analysis / nova Institute
☐ / Market research / nova Institute, NNFCC, BCNP
☐ / Access to investors / BCNP
☐ / Innovation capture and patent filing / Gill Jennings & Every
☐ / Business Planning / BCNP, NNFCC
☐ / Subsidy and grant strategy / Biotech Subsidy

Evaluation criteria(for your information)

Criteria
In scope of SuperBIO / Eligibility criterium
Potential for a new, cross-border and cross-sectorial value chain including SMEs / Eligibility criterium
Compliance with ethics principles of SuperBIO and H2020 / Eligibility criterium
Innovativeness, new value chain / Selection criterium
Business opportunity and exploitability / Selection criterium
Ethical, social, environmental and resource efficiency considerations / Selection criterium
Date of evaluation of your inquiry (date of idea validation meeting)
(to be filled in by Superbio member)

SME SELF-DECLARATION FORM

Applicant:

Company
VAT number
Website
Name
e-mail
Telephone
Address
Country
Legal entity / SME

I declare on my honour that <company name>

  • is a SME according to the European SME definition

An SME is defined as an enterprise having a staff headcount below 250, a turnover below or equal to € 50 million or a balance sheet total below or equal to € 43 million. These ceilings apply to the figures for individual firms only. A firm that is part of larger group (linked or partner enterprise) may need to include staff headcount/turnover/balance sheet data from that group too. In addition, shareholder structure can play a role as well. For latest information and more details, check this website:

For company name>

Name:

Title:

Date of signature:

Authorised signature and stamp

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