It is up to the partner HEIs to select the business ideas in the competition and fill in the application form.
Any individual application that is not recognized as selected by the Higher Education Institution itself for this purpose will not be accepted.

Only one idea per Higher Education Institution should be chosen to represent it at BfK Ideas..

For each category, the jury selects a winner. ANI reserves the right not to award a prize in a given category if it is found that none of the entries is above a certain minimum score of excellence (i.e. thereshold), to be determined according to the evaluation criteria.

The categories can be found in the Rules of the respective edition of the competition.

It is up to the HEI, when completing the application, to classify the idea according to the sectors in the competition.

Yes. All Portuguese HEIs are eligible to select and reference business ideas from their students, teachers and/or researchers.

Only the HEIs listed are BfK Ideas partners, and they are the only ones eligible to select and reference business ideas from their students, teachers and/or researchers.
If any Portuguese public HEI is not on the list of partners and would like to join the BfK Ideas competition, please contact us via online form.

Yes, BfK Ideas is aimed precisely at business ideas and not at mature projects.
BfK Ideas is intended to empower idea promoters and leverage their business potential.

There is no specific application phase for the BfK Awards.

ANI is associated with existing innovation calls and awards in Portugal, within the scope of which it awards a special BfK Award.. To be selectedyou should submit your application to one of the competitions or préif it fits in with your project or company.

The BfK Awards is awarded to one of the finalists of the partner competition/award, but is governed by its own set of evaluation criteria. The objectives and specific evaluation criteria of each competition/award are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the organizing partner.

In cases where the partner competition/award has an international scope, the BfK Awards are awarded to one of the national finalists in the competition.

Application deadlines and the timing of award ceremonies are the sole responsibility of the organizing partner of each competition/award.

The formsáThe application forms for each competition/préThe application forms for each innovation competition/prize with which ANI is associated include, à the necessary fieldsáfields à gathering information to assess the criteriaéCriteria BfK Awards. If necessary additional information, the NIA mayá proceed à collect the necessary dataáIn a later evaluation phase.

The “Tree of Knowledge” is an exclusive piece of art by Leonel Moura, which represents the winner’s scientific excellence and social, environmental and economic impact. To prove the authenticity of this distinction, the winners also receive an award certificate signed by ANI.

Other prizes may be considered, depending on the terms of the partnership with the organizers of the innovation competitions/awards with which ANI is associated.