All university members and their research groups can participate in the competition. Each person or research group has the right to participate in one development work.

An application of up to three pages that meets the conditions of § 14 of the Recognition and Symbols Act must be submitted to the business department no later than January 17, 2025. In addition, the applicant can submit the research application efficiency opinion from the private or public sector and an overview of the relevant media coverage. 

A development must:

1. have been completed successfully in the year of announcement of the competition or in the year preceding it;
2. be innovative and its results must be aimed at enhancing economic competitiveness and planned to be implemented or already implemented in production or services.

The expert committee evaluates the projects by following the criteria:

1. the development results in application of novel knowledge (a product, technology, service, etc.) developed at the university or emergence of new business activities, the development or improvement of the existing ones;
2. a contract between a university and another person has been concluded for the development or use of a product, technology or service;
3. the development or its results have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific publication.

The expert committee, formed by the Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship at Tallinn University of Technology, selects the year's project and confirms them on February 7, 2025.

Competition participation applications should be sent to:
kristo.reinsalu@taltech.ee
Kristo Reinsalu
Technology Transfer Office
Tallinn University of Technology