Application to IVA's 100 List
Take a look at our collected information before applying for IVA's 100 list. Applications for the 2024 list, on the theme of innovation through interdisciplinarity, are now open.
Your Application to IVA’s 100-List 2024 – Step by Step
Does your research project align with the theme for IVA’s 100-list in 2024? Read about how to apply, the questions we ask about your research, and what happens after you submit your application.
- Review the Guide: Start by reading this guide and explore the detailed information linked on the page.
- Ensure Research Alignment: Make sure your research meets the criteria for this year’s theme innovation through interdisciplinarity.
- Q&A for the 100-list: Learn more about the application process and evaluation criteria through our Q&A section.
- Innovation Support: Your institution’s innovation support can provide guidance.
- Start Your Application: Log in to awardsplatform.com and select “Start Submission.” The homepage provides clear instructions for creating an account or logging in if you’ve used AwardForce before.
- Choose a Category: Select the relevant field or application area and provide a name for your research/application.
- Answer Questions: Each question in the form specifies what information we’re seeking. Additional guidance is available under the “More Information” tab in the portal.
- Confirmation for R2B Summit 2025: You’ll need to confirm that your research can be represented at R2B Summit 2025.
- Supplement Your Application: If desired, you can include supplementary materials such as videos or images.
- Save Your Progress: Remember to save your application if you don’t complete it all at once. You can log out and return to edit or add information until you’re ready to submit.
- Submission Deadline: Submit your application by August 15th, 23:59.
What Happens Next?
- Review Process: All submitted applications are reviewed by a designated evaluation group to ensure they align with the relevant field and meet the criteria.
- Selection Committee: A special selection committee evaluates complete applications and provides their assessments to R2B’s steering group. The steering group makes the final decision on which research projects will be featured on the 100-list.
- Quality Assurance: A preparation group ensures the quality of the selection process at every stage.
- Announcement: Selected research projects are announced in mid-October. Researchers are asked to confirm their participation and may supplement their submission with images or an edited pitch for publication.
- IVA’s 100-List 2024: The list will be publicly released in November.
Brief Overview of Application Questions
Your Research
- Provide both a very brief and a slightly longer description of your research, addressing selection criteria.
- Craft a “sales pitch” for your research (maximum 500 characters).
- Describe your research (maximum 1200 characters).
- Explain the potential impact on users, companies, and society (maximum 700 characters).
- Assess your capacity (or your team’s) for implementation (maximum 500 characters).
- Consider the timeliness and maturity of your research idea and results in relation to the market (maximum 500 characters).
- Highlight uniqueness, novelty, and innovation (maximum 500 characters).
- Address sustainability and alignment with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (maximum 500 characters).
- Provide evidence of the research’s scientific quality.
- Describe practical steps for realizing the research’s benefits.
Research Rights and Representation:
- Discuss intellectual property management and other knowledge-based assets.
- Optional: Share business models and strategies to strengthen your application.
- Confirm that you have the right to represent the research and understand confidentiality considerations.
Best of luck—we look forward to receiving your application!
Valuable tips for your application
Support in the matter of sustainability
Do you need support in how your research stands with regard to sustainability? Feel free to use the SDG Impact Assessment Tool, which is a free online tool to learn more about how an activity, organization or innovation affects the global goals for sustainable development.
How ready is your research?
Are you ready to create real value from your research? Learn more about your research and how far you have come towards real value with our self-assessment tool here.
Support on the issue of intellectual property rights
Here, the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) provides an easily accessible introduction to intellectual property rights and intellectual property management. What do the terms mean and why are they important in the context of research collaborations?
Innovation support services
Would you like to commercialise your research results? Innovation support services such as innovation offices and holding companies around the country can help you take your first steps from research to business.
The innovation support services will help you to develop your concept in line with the market and to navigate your way through the market-related, technical and institutional pitfalls. In addition to expert support on issues relating to the commercialisation of research results, they offer communication support, the development of intellectual property rights such as patenting and licensing, continuous feedback during the commercialisation process and various forms of collaboration.
Innovation support services and their catchment areas (HEIs)
- Uppsala University
- Dalarna University
- University of Gävle
- Lund University
- Kristianstad University
- Blekinge University of Technology
- University of Gothenburg
- Stockholm University
- Umeå University
- Linköping University
- Karolinska Institute
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm School of Economics
- Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
- Södertörn University
- Luleå University of Technology
- Mälardalen University
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Chalmers University of Technology
- University West
- University of Borås
- Halmstad University
- Jönköping University
- University of Skövde
- Innovation Office Fyrklövern
- Mid Sweden University
- Karlstad University
- Linnaeus University
- Örebro University
- Karlstad University
- Linnaeus University
- Örebro University
- Malmö University
