iBETXplore Innovation Program
Seeding iBET’s future by fostering disruptive ideas and promoting internal collaborations.
About iBETXplore
iBETXplore, iBET’s internal innovation program, was created in 2017 with the goal of stimulating iBET’s competitiveness around four pillars:
Scientific Excellence
Strengthening iBET’s core R&D areas and promoting internal collaborations.
Innovation
Supporting innovative ideas leading to new research lines, technologies and methodologies.
Nurturing Talent
Training young scientists in scientific and project management skills.
Funding
Maturing ideas to attract external (public and private) funding.
How does it work?
iBETXplore program sponsors an annual funding call for submission of original research proposals.
All proposals are reviewed by an international evaluation panel composed by experts from academia and industry, who advises iBETXplore Committee on the priority and maturity of the proposals to be funded.
Selection criteria include the proposals’ innovative potential, interdisciplinarity, impact, alignment with iBET’s strategic areas, and potential to generate new technologies and methodologies.
KPIs
Invested to fund projects
Projects approved
New technologies and methodologies implemented
Publications
Young researchers and students trained
iBETXplore Day
iBET hosts annually the iBETXplore Day conference where the research projects funded by iBETXplore and the future of the initiative are discussed by our scientists, guests, and partners.
iBETXplore day is an iBET-wide event which importantly strengthens connections within our research community and with external stakeholders.