The
Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) is a Europe-wide student
competition to stimulate entrepreneurship and award excellence. The programme
offers student teams opportunities to practice entrepreneurship by addressing
relevant technological, environmental, or societal challenges with innovative
bio-based solutions.
BISC-E
seeks to raise awareness and involve students in the transition towards a
bio-based economy. A key objective of the BISC-E programme is to stimulate and
support entrepreneurship in curricula at universities. In the near future we
plan to extend this programme to include vocational education level students.
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has adopted BISC-E and provides a central role in
mobilising country participation. BIC does so by nominating BISC-E National
Coordinators in each country in Europe, and coordinates the national BISC-Es,
assisted by a European Coordinator.
For 2023 this Coordinator is the Association for European Life Science
Universities (ICA).
Are you ready to develop an
innovative bio-based solution to help overcome hurdles standing in the way of a
climate-neutral Europe? BISC-E invites students to design solutions in a
multidisciplinary team and compete at national and international levels.
Are
you up to the challenge? Register with the National Coordinator in your
country now!The
countries participating in BISC-E2023 are shown below. The national student team winners from the
national BISC-Es can participate in the European final.
The European final will proceed in two rounds during September 2023. In the first round, all national student team winners present their business case to a panel of international experts. The panel judges the proposals, focusing on technological excellence. The top-5 student teams proceed to the final round to pitch their case to industry experts who judge the proposals focusing on scalability and economic feasibility. The combined scores from the panel of experts and industry determines the ultimate winners of BISC-E.
The 19 countries that
participate this year with their National Coordinator and contact persons are:
For information on the national BISC-E in your country, click on the flag/name of the country to lead you to the national BISC-E website.