{"id":22649,"date":"2025-04-25T14:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/?p=22649"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:01:02","slug":"first-application-phase-for-the-spark-fund-of-the-materials-lab-incubator-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/first-application-phase-for-the-spark-fund-of-the-materials-lab-incubator-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"First application phase for the Spark Fund of the \u201cMaterials Lab Incubator\u201d launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Newsletter_Bewerbung_Spark-Fund.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Newsletter_Bewerbung_Spark-Fund.png 690w, https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Newsletter_Bewerbung_Spark-Fund-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Newsletter_Bewerbung_Spark-Fund-643x705.png 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce the launch of the first application phase for the <strong>Spark Fund<\/strong> of the \u201c<strong>Materials Lab Incubator<\/strong>\u201d at the <strong>Chair of Biotechnology at RWTH Aachen University<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>If you have a groundbreaking idea in the field of sustainable and innovative materials \u2013 fitting into one of our three focus areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From sustainable raw materials to high-value materials and active ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Platform technologies for sustainable material innovations and\/or scalable, biocompatible production technologies<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable materials and coatings for the biological transformation of industries<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8230; then check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.materials-lab-incubator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> or apply directly in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f6s.com\/spark-fund-cohort-1-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online application form<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for teams that have not yet founded a company and want to develop a <strong>proof of concept<\/strong> for their product during our program. You can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>up to <strong>100,000 EUR in funding<\/strong> during the first 8-month funding phase (Spark Fund)<\/li>\n<li>fully equipped <strong>S1 laboratories<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>and a tailored <strong>mentoring program<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As our incubator is <strong>VC-oriented<\/strong>, you will be in contact with life science-focused investors from the very first application round to your business plan pitch \u2014 giving you the opportunity to build valuable connections right from the start of your entrepreneurial journey.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to receiving applications from motivated founding teams starting now!<br \/>\n<strong>Application deadline: May 15, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:merlin@biotec.rwth-aachen.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us directly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the launch of the first application phase for the Spark Fund of the \u201cMaterials Lab Incubator\u201d at the Chair of Biotechnology at RWTH Aachen University! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clib-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clib-cluster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}