The state-wide ideas competition "inspired" organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship (ZfE) at the University of Rostock took place on 13 July 2022. The most original business ideas and pioneering research results from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were honoured here. The aim of the annual competition is to identify innovative technologies and creative ideas for services or business start-ups based on science, for example. The competition is aimed at students, graduates and scientific staff at universities, colleges and research institutions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The focus of this year's nationwide "inspired" ideas competition at the University of Rostock was not only on financial support, but also on the opportunity to exchange important experience and make valuable contacts as well as intensive coaching. Twenty teams from the two categories "Students" and "Researchers & Graduates" presented their ideas to a jury of entrepreneurs and scientists in Rostock.
The top three winners in each category will receive training vouchers worth up to 15,000 euros. They also have the opportunity to take part in the "Berlin Valley Tour", where they have the chance to get to know Berlin's start-up scene and take advantage of intensive coaching programmes.
The winners at a glance:
Category "Researchers & Graduates"
1st place: "Theta Concepts"
Dr Dorian Holtz, Raphael Wittenburg and Conrad Gierow (University of Rostock)
2nd place: "rebonny"
Dr Konstantin Altrichter, Iris Brockmöller, Karl Hartmann and Franziska Casjens (University of Rostock)
3rd place: "Patchwork"
Pawel Naliwajko (University of Rostock)
Category "Students"
1st place : "UVAST"
Rebecca Zube and Paul Winter (Wismar University of Applied Sciences)
2.Place : "schoolkit"
Roman Gruchow, Jan-Eric Winkelmann and Philipp Lutzke (University of Rostock)
3rd place: "VisuMTech"
Felix Weidemann (Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences)
Special prize 2022 "Commitment Award"
Donated and presented by Manon Austenat-Wied (TK-Landesvertretung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and Tobias Gebhardt (GWA Hygiene GmbH) for
"Gender in medicine"
Sebastian Paschen and Moritz Roloff (University of Greifswald)
In the coming year, students and researchers are once again invited to enter their ideas or research findings in the "inspired" ideas competition.
All information on participation is available at www.ideenwettbewerb.uni-rostock.de to find. The ideas competition is funded by the European Social Fund.
Contact:
University of Rostock
Centre for Entrepreneurship
Christine Bach
Phone: +49 381 498-1160
christine.bach@uni-rostock.de
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