Submission Categories
LAUNCH seeks submissions from innovators in the following categories:
• Energy Generation: Renewable energy sources and technologies
• Energy Harvesting and Storage: Innovative methods and processes to collect and store energy
• Industrial Applications: Self-sufficient industrial facilities and/or hubs (such as energy management systems and self-powered wireless sensors)
• Community Applications: Self-contained generation systems (for settings from individual homes to small communities, including next generation cookstoves for the developing world, MicroGrid solutions, and other solutions for the developing world)
• Financing: New business models or financial strategies that promote creation of or access to innovative systems or technology
• Education to inform, align and encourage best energy practices by consumers, utilities, and policy makers
• Deployment: Programs, tools and networks to enable adoption and use
Eligibility Conditions
Responses from companies (small to large), entrepreneurs, inventors, social enterprises, non-profit organizations (with strong program implementation capacity), research institutions (with viable “spin-out” technology and venture capitalists (on behalf of their portfolio companies) are welcome to apply. Applicants in all categories should be poised to pilot-test, “go to market” and/or scale up their innovations. A principal from your organization must be available to attend the LAUNCH: Energy Forum at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from November 10 – 13, 2011.
Evaluation Criteria
LAUNCH will assess innovations using the following Technical Requirements:
• Impact: Applicant’s proposal should demonstrate how the innovation will affect the maximum population for the least resources, with the scale-up goal in the “millions of people reached/affected” range
• Timeframe: LAUNCH is most interested in reviewing proposals in which scale up and impact can be realized within 1–3 years.
• Affordability: Low-cost, especially for developing markets.
• Appropriate Technology: Requires an efficient use of resources to implement and maintain. Resources required must be obtainable in the region of interest.
• Strong business or program model: Economically viable and replicable.
Last date for submitting the proposals is September 9, 2011.
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