Encouraging young people to learn and seek entrepreneurial solutions through research projects is one of the objectives of the 9th edition of the Padre Francisco Xavier Roser SJ Award for Innovation Entrepreneurship. The online multidisciplinary marathon takes place from November 21 to 28, 2020. Registration, which is free, is open until November 13, through this link here. The award is promoted by the Unisinos University, through the Innovation and Technology Unit (Unitec) and the São Leopoldo Technological Park – Tecnosinos. It is aimed at high school, technical education, undergraduate and graduate students from all over the Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to teachers, Unisinos employees, and companies from Unitec / Tecnosinos.

According to the director of innovation at Unisinos and CEO of Tecnosinos, Susana Kakuta, the Roser Prize seeks to identify what is best done in research and development, produced in the classroom or laboratories of Unisinos, transforming it into entrepreneurship and solutions for the Marketplace. “It is a winning strategy that, in these nine years, has already created important startups for Tecnosinos. A virtuous cycle of transforming knowledge into an economy is generated, producing GDP of high added value and opportunity for development ”, she highlights.

Created in 2012, the Roser Award is an innovative, practical, and transdisciplinary entrepreneurial competition open to the community. It aims to promote technology-based entrepreneurship, by consolidating innovative business models, products, processes, or services in the following areas: information technology; automation and engineering; communication and digital convergence; health technologies; socio-environmental technologies.

One of the organizers of the prize, the coordinator of the Tecnosinos Talents Program, Tassiane Kinetz, explains that the teams must be composed of, at least, three and at most five members, who must be available to attend the meetings proposed by the competition organizing team. . “The teams must already be trained for the event. This means that in the registration they must already inform the name of each one of the members and which theme will be inserted ”.

During the marathon, the teams receive mentoring from market professionals and senior entrepreneurs (generation 50+), who will share their expertise, in addition to exploring the consumer market that grows exponentially with advances in the health area and, consequently, on the average life expectancy of the Brazilian population.

TEAM PRIZES

The three best projects will be awarded, within the evaluation criteria established in the notice: Modeling, Team, Potential for Innovation, and Social Impact. The relationship between research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the regional, national, and international scenario will be considered.

The winning team of the competition will receive 6 months of free incubation at Unitec, aiming at the development of the entrepreneurial project and a face-to-face extension course of up to 60 hours for each member at Unisinos. The second-place receives 3 months of free incubation at Unitec and a face-to-face extension course of up to 60 hours for each member at Unisinos. The third-place receives 3 months of free incubation at Unitec and a face-to-face extension course of up to 60 hours for each member at Unisinos.

LEARN MORE AND PARTICIPATE

The complete regulation of the 9th edition of the Padre Francisco Xavier Roser SJ Prize for Innovational Entrepreneurship is available through the link: http://bit.ly/PremioRoser. Registration is open until November 13.

What: 9th edition of the Padre Francisco Xavier Roser SJ Award for Innovation Entrepreneurship.

When: November 21-28, 2020.

Workload: 20 hours.

Who can participate: High school, technical education, undergraduate and graduate students from all over Rio Grande do Sul. Teachers, Unisinos employees, and Unitec / Tecnosinos companies.

Where: Online event.

Registration: To participate, interested teams must complete the registration form, available here, until November 13, 2020.

Investment: free.

Realization: Unisinos, Tecnosinos, Unitec, with support from Finep.