Second call for field lab projects UPPS now open!

Field lab UPPS is inviting design-driven SMEs and creative professionals to submit project proposals around the designs of Ultra Personalized Products & Services. Three to five projects will be granted in this second call. 50% of the funds will be matched by CLICKNL. The company or creative professional’s contribution is at least 50% of the project size in cash or in man hours.

Thanks to 3D data, a rich information source for designing well-fitting products has come a lot closer. The design approach for UPPS is still in the preliminary phase. Field lab UPPS takes on challenges to design UPPS based on practice-oriented issues and shares the results during Meet UPPS. Field lab UPPS offers support from experts in the designs of UPPS and we can experiment with facilities like 3D scanners and printers. We are based at the TU Delft. Creative professionals and design driven SMEs are invited to submit project plans for cooperation within the domains of health, sports, safety & fashion.

Timeline 2019
A number of activities will be organized in the short term to further strengthen the network around UPPS, to discuss project proposals and to share knowledge:
● Call open: 1 May 2019
● Meet UPPS: 6 June 2019 (1 pm – 5.30 pm)
● Close: 20 June 2019
● Results: 4 July 2019
A closing event will be organized in 2020 for all projects that were executed within the Fieldlab.

Conditions proposals
• Deadline: the call will be open from 1 May until 20 June 2019;
• Max 1 project per company will be granted;
• Generic results (approach, outcome, UPPS knowledge) will be shared through the Fieldlab (for example during a Meet UPP);
• Through Google Forms, with a description of the goal, results, parties and tasks involved, and budget plan;
• Private matching must be at least 50%;
• The available matching financing budget is generally max. 10.000 including VAT. Private contributions (cash or kind) and contributions from ANBIs will be considered.
• The budget can be used on a new project or to improve an existing UPPS project.
• Reporting: participants must report project results and presentation of the results in meet UPPS (1-2 times) that are organized by Fieldlab;
• Before the project starts, a cooperation agreement with the TU Delft must be signed. This will include agreements about IP. If the company wants to use the results for commercial purposes, a market-based price will be agreed upon to transfer the IP minus the preliminary investment.

Selection criteria
• Completeness and professionalism of the project proposal and the cooperation, in which the goal and feasibility/executability becomes clear:
o Activities for the Fieldlab UPPS
o Activities for the company
o Budget plan
• Innovation/furthering knowledge for the creative industry (different domains, application areas, UPPS level)
• Added value for all parties
• Focus on SME
• Attention for sustainability

Selection
The selection of the proposals will be done by the field lab UPPS team.

Advice
The field lab will give advice in relation to the application like questions about finding partners and feasibility of budgets (max 2-3 hours).

Submitting proposals
Projects can be submitted until 20 June 2019 at the latest via this link. For conditions and step-by-step plan see the download at the top right of the page.

For more information contact Marijke Idema, m.k.idema@tudelft.nl.