Create a team and register.
Identify the challenge your team wants to solve.
Submit your competition entry for the assessment of the jury.
Wait for the jury's decision of the teams that will proceed to the accelerator program.
Participate to the accelerator program.
Develop your solution with mentors and partners.
Wait for the jury's decision of the finalists.
Test and develop your solution with customers and stakeholders.
Celebrate the winners.
Helsinki Challenge team Lab Impact Africa has been busy with finding partners and building bridges. Their pilot project partner in Burkina Faso visited Finland recently, and had high hopes for the team. Read more »
Microbiologist Leena Räsänen and ecologist Edina Rudner from the Bionautit Co-operative took part in last year’s Helsinki Challenge with their Lab Impact Africa team. They wanted to set up a tracking system in Africa for antibiotic resistant microbes. The competition provided the research with lot of new things to think about. Read more »
Exporter of microbiological expertise to the world, Lab Impact Africa has achieved a lot after Helsinki Challenge. The team has founded a start-up, as well as creating international university collaborations and new jobs for researchers. In addition, the team members put the lessons learned at Challenge to use in their own everyday life. Recently, Lyra held a “mini-Challenge” course for her university students, where the students got to solve present-day urban challenges using biotechnology. The purpose of the course was to find ideas for commercializing biotechnology. Read more »
Tiimi haluaa parantaa mikrobiologisen tutkimuksen olosuhteita ja viedä laboratorio-osaamista ympäri maailmaa. Parhaimmillaan tiimin Challengessa kehittelemä idea auttaa havaitsemaan epidemiat nopeasti, tuottaa tietoa paikallisen ruoan ja veden mikrobiologisesta laadusta ja ihmisiä sairastuttavien bakteerien antibioottivastustuskyvystä. Samalla suomalaisesta osaamisesta tulee vientituote, joka luo työpaikkoja Suomeen. Startupin lisäksi tiimin ja muiden tutkijoiden perustama Bionautit-osuuskunta on juuri tehnyt diilin bioalan yrityksen kanssa. Read more »
During the Helsinki Challenge PitchNight events on January 28th and 29th each team had 5-7 minutes to present their solution to promote the world’s well-being. Find team videos here. Read more »