How to apply

Startup, spin-off, innovative companies and research centers, italian and international, can partecipate in the program as Innovation Players.

Fill out the form found in the “APPLY HERE” section. The form will give you the opportunity to enter a description of your reality and your technological solution, and you can upload the necessary supporting attachments.

The deadline to submit your application is Sunday, November 24, 2023 11:59 p.m. (CET).

Read the rules and regulations.

FAQs

FAQs

Sustainable Regeneration of Agriculture in Territories Affected by Xylella Fastidiosa is an innovation program that fosters collaboration between small and medium-sized companies in the area and national and international innovation players.

Legal entities: in any corporate form, included Start-Ups (in accordance with the Growth-Decree bis converted into law on December 17, 2012, No. 122 and subsequent amendments), Spin-Offs, Small-Medium Enterprises, Innovative Research Organisations, with their registered office and operational headquarters in Italy or abroad, and whose share capital is held by one or more legal or natural persons aged 18 years or over.

It is necessary to carefully read the regulations and then create a profile on the portal by clicking on the “APPLY HERE” button in the upper right corner. You must then follow the computer procedure (filling out an application form) for submitting your application.

The Innovation Program consists of two main phases. In the first phase, participants apply for their project and, if selected, will be able to participate in in-depth meetings with small and medium enterprises involved in the initiative by CIHEAM Bari.

At the conclusion of the session of meetings, a maximum of no. 5 projects will be selected, which will have access to the acceleration and co-design program that will take place in January, February and March 2024.

Initiative is completely free for participants and is equity-free. In addition, projects selected to participate in the acceleration and co-design program will receive a contribution of € 2,400.

The intellectual property of the projects belongs to the participants who developed and submitted them. Each participating company assumes the burden and full responsibility for the protection of the inventive and/or original aspects through the means it deems most appropriate.

For more details, see art.7 of the regulations