2023 "SCIP+" Contest Opens for Application

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Introduction

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SCIP⁺ Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest has been successfully organized for four years, attracting 1100+ teams from over 14 countries. It has become one of the most influential contests in this industry. The 2023 SCIP⁺ Contest accords with latest trends of industry to focus on future materials, future energies and future carbon recycle to look for innovative solutions from around the globe. The partners of the Contest also come up with designated topics to suit their innovation directions. The Contest aims to help the chemical industry to innovate for more sustainable future.

This Contest is organized by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF), Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC), Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) and East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), co-organized by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company, Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical. Co., Ltd., Shanghai Investment Promotion Service Center, Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board, SUEZ ASIA, Red Avenue Foundation, BusinessFrance, Anglo American, Brightlands Chemelot Campus and Impact Hub Shanghai. It also has over 30 partners including other multinationals, research institutes, universities, capital etc.

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Main Topics

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Topic 1：Future Materials

R&D, promotion and application of green materials including low-carbon raw materials replacement, biomass-based materials, biosynthetic materials, biomedical materials, biodegradable materials, high-end membrane materials, high-performance engineering plastics, functional high-molecular materials, composite materials, 3D printing materials, electronic chemicals and supporting materials.

Topic 2：Future Energies

R&D and application of clean energies such as hydrogen energy, solar energy, wind energy, biomass energy, ocean energy, and geothermal energy, as well as disruptive processes and technologies such as high-efficiency energy storage (including Power-to-X and chemical storage for new energy).

Topic 3：Future Carbon Recycle

Energy conservation and consumption reduction transformation and smart management of energy and its utilization system, application and optimization of new equipment, new technology and production process, electrification, reuse of industrial, agricultural and household waste containing carbon as energy/resource, carbon capture, sequestration and storage etc.

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Designated Topics

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Besides main topics, applicants can also apply for the designated topics provided by multinationals etc. as below:

1.Physical or chemical recycling of waste plastic

2.Biochar production and downstream applications

3.High-temp pyrolysis and gasification technology for syngas production

4.Practical and innovative solutions for polymer materials in low energy buildings; Low carbon building materials, e.g. alternative materials for cement and aggregate

5.Alternative materials for PFAS etc., especially for PTFE

6.How to unlock the valorization of lignin to access bio-based aromatics

7.Bio-based surfactants (synthetic biology, bio-extracts, biomass as fuel pathway, etc.)

8.Electrochemistry green process

9.Chemical energy storage technology for sustainable electricity; Long-circle chemical energy storage system etc.; New chemical energy storage technologies with high efficiency and density; Application of industrial energy storage: improvement of business models under current policies

10.Optimal/optimization of control strategies for large-scale green hydrogen in off-grid condition; Continuous-flow biological H2 production based on biomass recycling; The storage and transportation of hydrogen energy under normal temperature and pressure

11.Specialized Materials (renewable energy, lightweighting, natural resource management, digital solutions)

12.New technology solution for Non virgin fossil-based Polyolefin and PET/PEF plastic

13.Applications of AI in innovation and development of green material/ingredient; Material design and process optimization based on machine learning, e.g. high-performance epoxy resins, special engineering plastics or other polymers

14.R&D, processing and application of degradable plastics; Biological degradation products from agriculture, forestry and fishery

15.Sustainable carbon materials and applicable technologies (biomass feedstock, carbon dioxide)

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Requirements

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The participants are divided into Innovation Group and Entrepreneurship Group：

Innovation Group 

Participants are undergraduates and postgraduates in universities and scientific research institutes, full-time undergraduate and postgraduate graduates, teachers in colleges and universities, and scientists and technicians in enterprises. The applicant must be the project leader.

Entrepreneurship Group

Participants are domestic and foreign teams from registered companies and start-ups. They should have basic product, technology or service prototypes, own intellectual property rights, and seek for commercial scale. The applicant must be the founder, legal representative or technical director of the start-up.

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Timeline

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Launching and Application｜June 27th - September 30th

The Contest will be promoted to interested parties and participants by multiple ways through organizers, co-organizers, partners etc.

Selection｜October 1st - November

Multiple rounds of online selection will be conducted by experts from industry, academia and capital. Participants for Finals will be selected.

Mentoring｜before the Finals

Organization Committee will invite experienced experts to mentor Finals participants.

Finals｜December

Experts from industry, capital, university and scientific institute will select winners in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.

Accelerated transformation stage｜after the Finals

One-week in-depth incubation training on outstanding teams will be conducted in terms of innovative thinking, client authentication, product/service design, etc. Help will be offered for constructing sustainable and scalable business model, influence assessment, roadshow, investment matchmaking etc.

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Awards‍‍‍‍

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Opportunities for winning projects:

1. Outstanding teams have the opportunities to get financial aids from “Eagle Plan” Foundation.

2. The Organizing Committee will lead representatives from world-class companies to conduct one-week in-depth incubation training for outstanding teams and hold investment matchmaking etc.

3. Outstanding teams can meet with industrial experts and companies for product application, market exploration etc.

4. Outstanding teams have the opportunities to use working space for free for a certain amount of time in Innovation Center of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park and conduct R & D, pilot and scale-up activities with relevant incentives(in reference to Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Implementation Measures of Special Support for Facilitating High-quality Industrial Development).

Apply Now

Application website (please use PC  to open the link) :

Scroll down to "Apply Now" and choose the group that fits you best >> Click and fill in the application form >> Submit 

For More Information

Any question about the contest and application

please reach us at: incubation.cn@impacthub.net

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Organizers

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Co-organizers

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Partners

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Green chemicals innovate the future!

Stay tuned for 2023 SCIP⁺