Photo: Linards Reinis Rozītis (RTU)

Over the course of three intensive days, more than 100 project teams presented their ideas in RIS3 smart specialization areas – biomedicine, medical technologies, pharmacy, photonics, smart materials, and engineering systems.

Each project competes for up to €200,000 in funding from a total first-round budget of €6 million. The expert panel – Irit Janiva, Matīss Neimanis, Barak Azmon, Peter Birk, and Martin Askne – praised both the quality of the applications and the innovative potential of the ideas.

Researchers from the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre Monta Brīvība, Ralfs Buks, Ilze Elbere, Aija Linē, Karīna Narbute, Anete Romanauska and Vita Rovīte took part in the industry panel presentations. We hope that the presentations were able to convince the experts and wish you success in the further advancement of your project proposals.

The evaluation results of the first round are expected to be approved at the Platform’s Project Steering Group meeting on May 30. This will be followed by the scientific assessment of qualified projects by an expert panel from the Latvian Council of Science. Final results of the competition are expected in September 2025.

And this is just the beginning – two more calls are planned by 2026, with more than €12 million to be allocated for innovation support. Additionally, nearly €5 million will be invested in developing researchers’ skills in areas such as technology transfer, commercialization, and intellectual property protection.

Read more on website: https://biophot.lv/en/