Applications Due May 30th!
Turn underutilized biomass into real-world applications.
Are you ready to turn sustainability challenges into real-world impact?
Join our Innovation Challenge to develop solutions that unlock the value of paludiculture feedstocks.
We are looking for innovative, application-oriented solutions. Your mission is to develop and validate pathways to convert paludiculture biomass and side streams into market-ready materials, chemicals, or processes. We invite researchers, students, and early-stage teams to participate. We aim to bring creative minds together to address a critical sustainability challenge.
What is the Paludi Challenge?
The Paludi Challenge is an initiative that looks for new ideas and solutions.
The goal is to make paludiculture biomass economically useful.
A key focus is to develop processes that turn biomass and/or its byproducts into sellable products, such as chemicals, materials, or industrial processes.
What kind of ideas are they looking for?
The challenge is open and flexible – there is no single fixed solution.
Possible ideas include:
• Development of materials, additives, or packaging
• Use of byproducts (e.g. lignin or hemicellulose)
• New processes or pre-treatment methods to improve usage
• Solutions for technical problems in processing
Wildcards are welcome.
What we offer
Training: Receive hands-on training in key areas such as Life Cycle Assessment, business modelling, and pitching.
Industry Collaboration: Join us on a tour of a real chemical facility, go behind the scenes, and connect with industry experts. Gain practical insights and develop solutions with real-world impact.
Rapid Idea Validation: Use the Challenge to understand and validate the potential of your ideas in a short cycle.
Infrastructure & Equipment: Develop, test, and prototype your ideas in laboratories and lab devices made available by greenCHEM.
Community: Expand your network and get in contact with a diverse ecosystem.
Further Support: Receive potential access to funding opportunities or validation/pilot projects.
