How to Apply
How to Apply to the Course
At the time of the Application, the following must be submitted through the portal:
1- Mandatory: A maximum 2 x A4-page CV (Font: Colibri 11-12_PDF.Doc), providing relevant bibliographic and professional information,
2- Mandatory: A 1x A4-page Motivation Letter (Font: Colibri 11-12_PDF.Doc), summarizing your work experience, expressing how this course fits your career prospects; summarizing your idea (in applicable), and/or if you are applying to one of the available scholarships,
3- If applicable: An Institutional Commitment Form (download template here in PT and ENG) in case your host/affiliated institution is supporting your application*.
*Host/Affiliated institutional support: the relationship established within the scope of the application, registration, and attendance of the StartUp Research Program is between each individual participant and ITQB NOVA, including any financial obligations related to these acts. Therefore, it is the participant‘s responsibility to ensure the necessary coordination with any supporting/paying entity to guarantee the timely compliance of tuition fees and other charges when these are to be covered by the participant’s host/affiliated institution. In case your host/affiliated institution is financially supporting your application, it is mandatory to submit and Institutional Commitment Form at the time of your application.
How to Apply to the Available Scholarships
In order to apply to one of the available scholarships, simply declare so in your motivation letter.
Awarding process:
First, the 2 (two) best-ranked applications from ITQB NOVA in the ranking list, that have declared scholarship application, will be awarded with ITQB NOVA Scholarships.
Second, the remaining 15 (fifteen) best-ranked applications in the ranking list, will be awarded with Oeiras Valley Scholarships.
Note: only applications declaring they are applying for an available scholarship will be considered for the awards.
Selection Criteria
The merit of the applications, independently if they are applying to a scholarship, will produce one single ranking list. The merit weight and selection criteria will be as follows:
40% CV: Candidates with a minimum (Pre-Bologna) University degree or a (Post-Bologna) MSc will be preferred. At least 1 year of laboratory work, developing a project independently, will be positively evaluated.
60% Motivation Letter: Written expression of interest for attending the course and justifying how present or future R&D interest can have translation potential and social impact. Although presenting a specific idea to be developed in the course is not mandatory; it will be positively considered during the application evaluation – especially if you are applying to one of the available attendance scholarships.
If necessary, a personal interview may be scheduled as part of the selection procedure.
The course accepts a maximum of 24 participants to work in teams, developing between 7 to 9 business model ideas proposed by successful candidates. These ideas will be selected based on their supporting proof-of-concept (Ideally >TRL3) and perceived impact.
Disclosure: the StartUp Research candidate selection adheres to code of conduct for recruitment, namely to the general principles that ensure observance of values such as transparency of the recruitment process and equal treatment of all applicants, in particular with regard to the development of an attractive, open and sustainable European labor market for researchers.
Fees
Application fee – due upon application: €51 (non-refundable)
Registration fee – due upon acceptance and mandatory for effective registration before the course starts*: €35
* Attendees are encouraged to advance with this fee on a personal basis immediately after acceptance notification
Certificate/Diploma fee – due one week prior to the final pitch and graduation session: €50
Tuition – due in the first week of the course (when applicable, the scholarship value is deducted from the total tuition due):
I. €1500 for students enrolled in MSc and/or PhD programs.
II. €1800 for other academic ranks and staff.
III. €2500 for applicants from non-academic institutions involved in active research**.
**A 20% discount on tuition may be applied if more than 1 participant from the same institution is accepted in the same cohort. To be eligible for the discount, a declaration from the institution is mandatory during the application period, identifying the applicants involved – e-mail to: itqb.academics@itqb.unl.pt). Furthermore, in case the host/affiliated institution is financially supporting the applicants’ participation, each candidate must individually submit an Institutional Commitment Form at the time of the Application (please see above, section “How to Apply to the Course”).
You can always informally come back
A one-time participation in the StartUp Research program grants the right to informally join us in any forthcoming edition with no extra costs, either to attend new features, or repeat sections that one might think are useful to improve their skills or to bring their projects to the next translation level.
