2022 Impact Awards for Industrial Doctorates

Impact Awards 2022 of the Industrial Doctorates Plan

The Industrial Doctorate Plan celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. During this first decade of operation of the Department of Research and Universities program, it has involved 530 companies, the 12 Catalan universities, 25 research centers in Catalonia (CERCA), other research organizations in Catalonia (CSIC, BSC, Eurecat, among others), which together have involved more than 600 researchers.

To celebrate this anniversary, we present the first edition of the 2022 Impact Awards for Industrial Doctorates. The objective of this competition is to highlight the impact that collaborative research has generated in the different industrial doctoral projects, as well as to bring this research closer to the public to identify challenges (current or future) and anticipate what type of impact it would generate.

 

CONTEST RULES

Participation in the 2022 Impact Awards competition for Industrial Doctorates implies acceptance and compliance with the following rules:

I. PURPOSE

The Industrial Doctorate Plan (DI Plan) of the Generalitat de Catalunya is organizing the 2022 Impact Awards for Industrial Doctorates competition. The purpose of the awards is to describe the impact generated by collaborative research within a current or future industrial doctoral project, through a text and an infographic with the characteristics indicated in section IV of these rules.

II. OBJECTIVES

The competition aims to:

  1. To make visible the impact that industrial doctoral projects funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya have generated from different perspectives: general in society, in the company or institution itself, in the professional development of people.
  2. Bringing Industrial Doctorates closer to the public in order to identify challenges (current or future) and anticipate what kind of impact they would generate. It is hoped that these proposals could be future applications for the DI grant call.

III. PARTICIPANTS and CATEGORIES

The competition is aimed at participants in the Industrial Doctorate Plan (company managers, thesis directors, industrial doctors, industrial doctoral students) for the following categories:

Category 1: Impact on society.

  • Contributions in this category must show how the industrial doctoral project has made a new product or service available to citizens, has provided new knowledge to respond to current or future challenges, among other contributions of general interest.

Category 2: Impact on the company or institution.

  • In this category, contributions must show how the industrial doctoral project has introduced improvements in the company or institution: attraction of talent, training and knowledge sharing, internal procedures, new product or service, protection of research results, use of tax benefits, establishment of new collaborations, among others.

Category 3: Impact on people.

  • Contributions in this category must show how the industrial doctoral project has become an opportunity for improvement for any of the people involved: improvement and acquisition of skills, access to new knowledge and technologies, creation of a network of contacts, enjoyment of an international stay, among others.

With the aim of opening the Industrial Doctorates program to all citizens, we invite any person of legal age, resident in Catalonia in the fourth category, to participate in the competition:

Category 4: Industrial doctoral project proposal and its expected impact.

In this fourth category, any person not linked to the Industrial Doctorate Plan may make a proposal for a collaborative research project between a company or institution, and a Catalan university or research centers of Catalonia (CERCA). They must also take into account the possible expected impact of the project, included in any of the previous categories (society, company or institution, impact on the person). The characteristics of the deliverables are the same as for the rest of the participants in the other categories.

IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DELIVERABLES

Each contestant may submit a maximum of one text and one infographic with the following characteristics:

Text:

  • A title and subtitle must be provided.
  • Limit of 4,000 characters (1 double-sided page).
  • Microsoft Word format (.docx)
  • Writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar: the absence of errors will be positively assessed.

Infographic:

  • A title must be provided.
  • Creations must respect reasonable proportions and be aimed at being shared on social networks, such as those of an A4 (portrait or landscape) or the size of an image for Twitter of 1200 x 600.
  • The format should preferably be PNG, JPG or PDF.
  • Writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar: the absence of errors will be positively assessed.
  • Clarity in concepts: keywords, images, composition and association of concepts.
  • The design of the infographic must be attractive without detriment to the transmission of the message.
  • Exposition of central ideas: difference between main and secondary ideas.
  • Use of images and colors: use of images to represent concepts and color to associate.
  • Information from various sources must be verified.

Failure to comply with any of these characteristics may be grounds for exclusion.

V. DOCUMENTATION

Fill out the contest registration form.

Submit a project proposal with the following content, respecting the characteristics specified in section IV:

  1. A text
  2. An infographic

Both materials will be attached to the same registration form. The accuracy of the data must be guaranteed. Falsehood or failure to comply with the requirements of the rules will lead to disqualification as a participant in the contest.

Completing the registration form for the 2022 Impact Awards for Industrial Doctorates competition presupposes knowledge and acceptance of these rules by the participants.

VI. EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation criteria that will be followed when selecting the projects will be:

  1. The ability to clearly and concisely express the impacts generated, both in text and in infographics.
  2. The originality of the work, the concept and its graphic representation or execution.
  3. Any other criteria that the jury members consider appropriate to assess.

 

In the category open to the public, the following will also be assessed:

  1. The specification of the possible parties involved: universities/research centers and companies and organizations.
  2. The applicability of the proposal in a real environment

VII. JURY

The jury will be made up of representatives of the organizing and collaborating entities of the competition, as well as members of the R&D&I ecosystem in Catalonia.

The jury has the following functions:

  1. The acceptance or exclusion of the proposals presented, recording in the Minutes -if applicable- the reasons for the exclusion.
  2. The proclamation of the winning proposal for the award of the prize or the declaration of a void prize.
  3. The interpretation of the bases as well as the resolution of incidents or unforeseen issues that arise.

The jury's decision will be substantiated and unappealable.

VIII. PRIZES

The winners of the different categories of the competition will receive as prizes:

  1. The inclusion of its text in the commemorative book of the 10 years of the Industrial Doctorate Plan
  2. Delivery of a 64GB Space Gray (9th Generation) Wi-Fi iPad plus an iPad Smart Cover (Black) during the 10th anniversary celebration event, which will take place in the first quarter of 2023.

IX. SUBMISSION DEADLINE

The submission deadline will be at 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 2022.

X. RIGHTS TO USE THE CONTRIBUTIONS

A Creative Commons (CC BY-SA) intellectual property license is established. More information at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=ca

All materials participating in the 2022 Impact Awards for Industrial Doctorates competition may be published on the website https://doctoratsindustrials.gencat.cat as well as on other communication channels and social networks linked to the Industrial Doctorates Plan that serve as promotion.

XI. ADVERTISING AND PERSONAL DATA

In order to ensure compliance with the regulations on the protection of personal data, it is hereby informed that the data provided by the participants will be incorporated into a file and will be processed by the organization, with the aim of managing and administering the competition. They will also be used to keep participants informed of aspects related to the competition. Participants may exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by sending a request to: doctorats.industrials.recerca@gencat.cat

XII. CONTACT

For any questions or clarifications regarding the interpretation of these rules, the participant can contact the competition organization via email: doctorats.industrials.recerca@gencat.cat or by phone at 648934113.

Registration form

Personal details:

Registration:

*The Industrial Doctorate Plan guarantees the confidentiality of the processing of personal data requested through this form, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679). The purpose is to be able to respond to requests notified through this form. 

REMEMBER

About the characteristics of the participants:

The competition is aimed at participants in the Industrial Doctorate Plan for categories 1, 2 and 3. Any person of legal age, resident in Catalonia in category 4, can also participate in the competition. 

For more information, you can return to III. PARTICIPANTS AND CATEGORIES.

About the characteristics of deliverable files: 

File 1 (Text). Maximum 5 MB in size.

  • The text must be Microsoft Word Format (.docx) or PDF. 
  • A title and subtitle must be provided.
  • Limit of 4,000 characters (1 double-sided page).

File 2 (Infographics). Maximum size 10 MB.

  • The format must be PNG, JPG or PDF.
  • Creations must respect reasonable proportions and be aimed at being shared on social networks. 

For more information, you can return to IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DELIVERABLES.

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