We are pleased to announce the launch of the 1st Innovation Competition “NOYNOY Idea Challenge”, which is an initiative of the company FrieslandCampina Hellas and the Industrial and Energy Economics Laboratory (IEEL) of the National Technical University of Athens, in collaboration with the company Break-Even.

The “NOYNOY Idea Challenge” Competition aims to contribute to strengthening the cooperation between academia and industry and the exploitation of research results and ideas. It seeks to highlight the innovative potential of student and research teams involved in the dairy sector in Greece, with the main academic starting point – but not exclusively – the National Technical University of Athens, in thematic units that cover all links in the food industry value chain: from livestock farming methods to product placement on the shelf or e-commerce.

The ultimate goal is to highlight potentially exploitable case studies for application in the food industry, with specific and measurable results, and to reward original ideas in the dairy sector that improve efficiency in the value chain, integrate the environmental dimension into the design of products and services, assist in the effort to spread the use of new information and communication technologies, and adopt good practices and standards stemming from the circular economy. Candidates are invited to submit their proposals in the following thematic areas:

• Livestock
• Sustainability, Quality & Safety
• Production & Processes
• Product Design
• End-user Engagement Technologies

The innovation competition “NOYNOY Idea Challenge” is aimed at:
·  Young researchers, PhD candidates, PhD holders with potentially commercially exploitable research results,
·  Teams that have creative ideas and wish to transform them into sustainable production processes or products,
·  Students and recent graduates of higher education

The prizes of the competition are the following:

1.    A six-month paid internship at FrieshlandCampina Hellas,
2.    Provision of a six-month work space at the company’s facilities company FrieslandCampina Hellas,
3. Granting a cash prize of €2000 for the business maturation of the idea,
4. Personalized consulting support and guidance (Business Coaching) from the incubator EPI.noo NTUA.

More detailed information about the competition can be found on the competition website https://noynoyideachallenge.gr.

Interested parties are invited to submit their proposal to the specially designed platform (here) by Thursday, May 30, 2018.