IXA UvA Informatics Feasibility Fund

Conditions for Feasibility Funding

1. The idea is promising and expected to be both technical and commercial
2. The initiator or team looks capable
3. Commitment of the manager of the Institute for Informatics
4. The available (or remaining) budget is sufficient to grant the requested funding as administered by IXA. Total budget 2018: 150K euro

Application, assessment, and management procedures for funding

1. Download and fill in the Application Form and Conditions and Agreement. Mail it to our office kennistransfer@uva.nl
2. IXA will help applicants to complete the application form.
3. Applicants will be invited for a Pitch presentation in front of an IXA Expert panel. The expert panel assesses the application and the associated business case. This involves an examination of criteria such as technological feasibility, commercial potential, business model
4. Approved applications will be contracted by IXA. The fund will be made available by IXA by providing the department of the applicant a WBS number.  The project can be started.
5. The applicant reports the result of the project to IXA

Exploitation of the results
The results of the project will be licensed to the applicant’s start-up initiative for exploitation purposes. This funding facility is a soft loan with a revolving character in case of successful exploitation of the results.

Downloads for Researchers

1. Application Form – Researcher (Word)
2. Conditions and Agreement – Researcher (PDF)
3. Report Format – Researcher (PDF)

Downloads for Students

1. Application Form – Student (Word)
2. Conditions and Agreement – Student (PDF)
3. Report Format – Student (PDF)