First FRANCIS Frugal Innovation Challenge

Annoyed by today’s household and kitchen devices? Join FRANCIS and promote your own ideas!

You can participate by yourself or as a team of up to five friends or family members. The facilitators of our challenge will help by inviting you to creativity sessions from time to time. In addition, you can talk to an industry coach about technical or business questions. A student buddy supports you in creative discussions, the preparation of presentations and the handling of the IT platform.

You can skip any session that is inconvenient for you and leave the challenge with your idea at any time - your idea stays yours. If you make it to round two, you will receive a financial grant for your efforts. If you make it to round three, you will receive another grant and the opportunity to sell your idea to the industry coach or advice on how to proceed by yourself.

Ready to join? Click on the "participate" button above. 

 

For additional information, please check out our participant information sheet. 

You are excited about the challenge but don’t have any good ideas or no time to participate? Join FRANCIS as a supporter!

 

As a supporter, you contribute to the challenge with input and feedback. You help us to ensure that the challenge promotes ideas that meet your specific needs and that are beneficial for nature and society.

How does this work? The facilitators who organise the competition will talk to you from time to time. They do this to learn about your household and kitchen habits and needs. They will also show you ideas developed during the challenge and ask for your feedback.
You are free to choose which surveys and events you take part in, and you can leave the supporter community at any time.

 

Ready to join? You can sign up here

For additional information, please check out our supporter information sheet.