During the closing event on 4 October 4 teams win amazing prizes to further boost their business.

3 teams win a starting capital of up to 5.000 euros to further boost their business.

• 1st place : 5.000 euros
• 2nd place: 2.000 euros
• 3rd place: 1.000 euros
  
  

TechTransfer offers an extra 2.000 euros to 1 of the winning research teams working on their research topic. Additionally, this winning team will be invited for the intake meeting to enter TechTranser’s Venture Track.

A 4th team wins the Audience Award and receives a Bryo track offered by Voka.

Any (team of) student(s) / researcher(s) at Ghent University that:

• want(s) to validate an innovative idea and verify whether it is, or could be, market-ready
• want(s) to explore the bigger potential of an existing business and scale it up

At least 1 team member should be a Ghent University student (with a minimum of 27 credits) or researcher. If you are graduating this academic year, you are still eligible to apply and partake in Expedition DO!

Teams can enroll up to 3 active members in the programme. If you are part of a large team (with more than 3 team members), the remaining team members are restricted to joining online sessions and the online content on Ufora only. They cannot participate in offline activities. If selected for Expedition DO!, it is expected that all active team members take part in the entire Expedition DO! programme. At least 1 active team member needs to be present during each Expedition DO! activity.

• For the teams that are selected for the programme, there is a subscription fee of € 100 per active team member for the entire programme. This fee includes all sessions/events, weekends, 1 Expedition DO! Hoodie, expert advice / mentoring / coaching / keynote sessions, coworking facilities and course materials. If you have any questions about this, don’t hesitate to contact us.

• For researchers participating in Expedition DO! until the Finalist Pre-selection Bootcamp, extra credits via Doctoral Schools may be obtained. More details will be given at the start of the expedition. In this case the general regulations of Doctoral Schools will apply.

The timing of the 2022 track will be as follows (individual monthly coaching sessions still to be added):

• 1 February: opening of the applications
• 3 March: closing of the applications
• 8-9 March: Selection Pitches
• 17 March: Welcome Event
• 25-27 March: Kickoff Bootcamp
• 31 March, 21 April, 28 April & 05 May, 12 May: Inspirational Talks
• 05 July: Summer Pitch
• 02 September: Progress Presentation
• 08 September: workshop
• 17-18 September: Finalist Pre-selection Bootcamp
• 04 October: Final Destination Pitch Night

At least 1 active team member needs to be present during each event.
Consider the intensive Expedition DO! schedule a small step for you but a huge leap forward for your startup.

Please be aware that this timing is subject to change.