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BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANT
CALL FOR PROPOSALS-2016
DEADLINE: 19 February 2016 at 1600 hours
RB9 (Application for a Research Board Grant Form) can be downloaded from the
RPGC Website) and is available upon request from the RPGC (rpgc@buse.ac.zw)
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The Research Board is seeking highly innovative proposals, to be funded under the
Business Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund (BDIEF).
Winning proposals shall meet the general criteria of innovation, societal relevancy,
and impact. The Bindura Innovation Forum (BIF) defines innovation as “a novel or
new solution that addresses societal problems”.
The proposals should focus on introducing an innovative product/service/process
that adds value to those in existence or addresses specific problems in an innovative
way. In particular, the Research Board shall be keen to find out what societal
problem(s) the product/service/process seeks to solve, the competitive advantages
and novelty of the proposed output, the customer(s)/target market(s) of the research
output, the competitors (a comparison of the proposed product/service/process to
the existing or competitor’s product/service/process in terms of performance,
features, price etc), any likelihood of prototypes/policies being developed and the
likely impact of the project.
Grant Amount
Successful proposals may be awarded up to a maximum of $5 000.
Eligibility
The BDIEF grant is open to all permanent members of BUSE including Academic
Support Staff.
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Staff members on contract and those from affiliate colleges/institutions with
innovative ideas should collaborate and apply through a BUSE permanent members
of staff.
Exhibitions
It is anticipated that the projects funded under BIF grant shall be presented at
national/international research exhibitions and symposia .i.e. RIE-SET week
exhibitions.
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