SynbiCITE and Rainbow Seed Fund have joined forces to establish Bio-Start, an annual competition designed to commercialise the engineering of biology. The first call for entries is now open.

Registration deadline: 14th October 2016

Deadline for completed entries: 31st December 2016

From the Bio-Start Website: Scope of the competition

Bio-start seeks applications that will enable the UK bioeconomy to grow and thrive
Application areas can be in healthcare, agritech, clean tech, industrial biotech or any sector where engineering DNA is an essential component and makes use of synthetic biology
Applications must not be service provision based
Applicants do not need to be a company to enter, although to receive the prize the company must become solely incorporated in the UK
A key screening criteria to enter the competition is IP status; you will need to show you can license the relevant IP and have support from your TTO or employer
All first stage entrants should note the need to secure or demonstrate access to IP when applying

More information can be found on the website: http://www.bio-start.uk