Deadline: 5-Oct-22
The Innovation and Technology Competition is now open for applications to highlight, reward, showcase, promote and help the development of innovative ideas, products and services in a maturation phase based on new technologies, research results and start-up companies, which offer innovative e-business solutions (fintech, deeptech, technology, tourism, health, etc.), technological solutions for the environment, energy, climate change, agri-food and cultural and social entrepreneurship solutions.
Thematic Areas
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The submitted proposals should relate to one of the following three (3) Thematic Sections:
- e-business
- Environment and technology
- Culture and technology
Focus Field
They support innovation in the fields of tomorrow.If you have a good idea that belongs to one of the following areas, they are waiting for you.
- Agriculture
- Energy
- Innovation
- Society
- Environment
- Health
- Tourism
- Civilization
- Technology
- Endtech
Details
- Display to the press: You can win exposure in print and online as long as you are one of the 10 winners.
- Guidance for all: To grow your business properly, you need someone to support you. From advice to practical guidance, they are there for all participants.
- Information days: You have the opportunity to participate in thematic guidance, information and networking days in Fintech, health, technology, agri-food, energy, culture, environment, planning and tourism that they organize together with their partners.
- 4 day bootcamps: Visit 1 of the 4 bootcamps they organize together with a series of other actions in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and Heraklion. The mentors of the program, in collaboration with their executives, will give you useful advice and guidance for the next steps of your idea or company.
- Online bootcamp: In addition to the bootcamps in 4 major Greek cities, they also organize a three-month, online bootcamp in which selected groups from all over Greece can participate.
Funding Information
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Cash prizes: If your idea, business plan or company is shortlisted, then you can claim an amount out of the €49,000 in total awarded in prizes.
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The first four winners will receive:
- 1st Prize €20,000
- 2nd Prize €10,000
- 3rd Prize €6,000
- 4th Prize €4,000
- Six prizes of 1,500 euros each will be awarded to those who qualified in the 3rd Phase, excluding those who received the above A', B', C', D' awards except those who received the awar ds.
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The first four winners will receive:
Eligibility Criteria
- Each participant must carefully read the present conditions before registering and submitting their proposal.
- Participation in the Competition implies the unconditional acceptance of all without exception.
- Of the terms of the Competition and the relative commitment of the participants.
- Participation in the Competition is carried out by the electronic submission of the Proposal Submission Form.
- Any legal and permanent natural person can participate in the Competition
- A resident of Greece, a citizen of Cyprus or another Community citizen or a Greek abroad, 18 years of age or older on the deadline for submission of proposals.
- The participants in the Contest bear the full and exclusive responsibility for registration or any other protection of their submitted proposals as well as the rights deriving from them.
- Those interested can participate in the Competition individually or in groups. In The purpose of this text is to define the terms and conditions for the participation of interested parties in order to participate in the Contest and the process through which the winners will be selected in the context of the Contest .
- Each participant must carefully read the present conditions before registering and submitting their proposal.
- Participation in the Competition implies the unconditional acceptance of all without exception in case of "group participation", the representative of the group, who will also be the contact person, as well as its other members, must be declared (as a whole, the group can consist of a maximum of five (5) people). For the declaration of the personal details of the group members, the representative of this group declares that he has received the previous written order and authorization of each of them for the purpose of the Competition, which he is obliged to make available to the Organiser.
- Each participant assumes all responsibility for any claim that may be made against the Organizer and releases the Organizer, Directly in the Second Phase of the Competition, in addition to those qualified through the First Phase of the Competition, groups or individuals nominated by organizations collaborating with the Organizer, whose selection has been made after an evaluation by the partner, can also participate carrier. Whenever requested.
- The Organizer may, at any stage of the Contest, request the relevant documents (identity, passport, residence permit, etc.) for cross-checking or certification of the participants' data in accordance with the above conditions.
- In the event of a false statement being submitted, the Organizer bears no responsibility, and reserves the right to reject participation in any phase of the Contest.
- Proposals that contain illegal or immoral content are excluded by the Tenders are submitted legally and in accordance with the terms of the Tender and are original and innovative. Competition. Proposals that are not related to any of the thematic sections, as described in the next section, are also excluded
- The following cannot participate in the Competition: the employees of the Organizer and its Group companies, the members of the Competition Committees, as well as the spouses and relatives up to the 2nd degree of the aforementioned.
- Any form or other material – part of the proposal that will be submitted in the context of the Competition, will not be returned to the participant(s)
- Any costs of preparing the proposals submitted to the Competition (eg cost of mock-up, pilot, etc.) are borne exclusively by the participants.
- Winners of contests selected by the Organizer may participate directly in Phase B of the Contest as well as those who qualify through Phase A of the Contest.
- Directly in the Second Phase of the Competition, in addition to those qualified through the First Phase of the Competition, groups or individuals nominated by organizations collaborating with the Organizer, whose selection has been made after an evaluation by the partner, can also participate career .
For more information, visit National Bank of Greece.
For more information, visit https://www.nbg.gr/el/epaggelmaties/nbg-business-seeds/diagwnismos