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Discover new Systems for the preservation of certified natural and organic cosmetics

With increasing safety concerns regarding the use of preservatives in personal care products, the demand for preservative-free, natural alternatives is growing. As a renowned natural & organic cosmetics manufacturer, Weleda is looking for novel and safe preservation-systems to allow stabilization of their water-based formulations while still being classified in terms of certification and recognized by customers as natural.

#naturalcosmetics #multifunctionalingredients #alternativepreservation

  • ✅ Completed
  • 🏁 Winner

    Congratulations to Team IMENZ BioEngineering!

  • 🏆 Prize
  • 🌎 Scope

    global

What’s in it for you?

If you're still not convinced, we have plenty of incentives to finally convince you: By delivering prize money, exclusive events, collaboration programs or even funding opportunities our program will enable you to give your career, your concept or your startup the boost it deserves.

  • Prize pool
    By participating in this challenge, you have the chance to win an attractive prize money. The winners of each challenge will receive EUR 4,000 and EUR 1,000 will be awarded to the second place.
  • Social Media prize
    Your social media activities will also be rewarded! Share your steps, processes, and progress with us, post about the ekipa events, the challenge providers and our collaboration. In the final event, one final team from the entire Future Materials Innovation Program will be honoured with the Social Media prize of EUR 500.
    To take part make sure to tag all your social media posts with the following hashtags:
    #futurematerialsprogram #thenameofyourteam
  • Impulse paper
    In order to give the developed solutions, the greatest possible appreciation and attention, all solutions of the final teams will be published in a joint paper of all initiators.
  • Exclusive events
    If you are selected as one of the three final teams from the qualification phase, you will have exclusive access to our ekipa Innovation Bootcamp and Final Event. In these you will not only pitch your solution to a jury formed by representatives of Weleda, but you also receive coaching sessions, listen to interesting keynote speakers and have the opportunity to network with representatives from businesses as well as other innovators.
  • Collaboration opportunities
    There are further cooperation opportunities with Weleda after the challenge is completed. Weleda intends to provide promising teams with the opportunity to further develop their solutions. During the elaboration phase, the challenge finalists will work together with Weleda on their approaches and discuss their interests in possible further steps after the program on an individual basis. Further collaboration and support may result and will be discussed at the end of the program.