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Applications are welcome from the public and private sectors across any one of the six categories listed below.

If your Innovation spans several categories, choose the category which best describes your Innovation. If the judges feel that your application fits best in a different category, they will move you to this category and notify you of the change.

Agri-Food Innovation

For those who can demonstrate innovation in the development, production, packaging or marketing of food.

Life Sciences Innovation

For those who can demonstrate innovation in development and delivery of BioMed and Life Science solutions.

Greentech Innovation

The Greentech Innovation category is open to those who can demonstrate innovation in development of product/service solutions for the environment.

Business Services Innovation

This category will profile the development of commercial services which help organisations increase the operational efficiency of day to day business processes and encompassing one of more of the following:

  • Speed of work flow
  • Accuracy of process outcomes
  • Improved planning and scheduling
  • Cost reduction

Social Innovation

This category aims to recognise the positive contribution of innovation in the development and delivery of products and/or services with wider social impact, for example:

  • Lifestyle e.g. consumer, household & entertainment products, health & fitness, training/career development, retailing, fashion
  • Community & Public Services e.g. education, healthcare, recreation and transport
  • Travel, Tourism & Leisure
  • Social connectivity & interaction

Creative Industries Innovation

Specifically reflecting the increasing importance of the creative industries towards the island’s economic recovery, this category will look at commercial product or service innovation within the fields of : advertising; architecture; the arts and antique market; crafts; design; designer fashion; film and video; interactive leisure software; music; performing arts; publishing; software and computer services; and radio and television.

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