Call for Applications: WIPO Global Awards 2024

Deadline Date: March 31, 2024

 Donor Name: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 Grant Size: Not Available

https://www.wipo.int/global-awards/en/how-to-apply.html

Through this Awards Program, WIPO undertakes to celebrate SMEs that have used IP rights to commercialize innovative and creative products/services beyond their home country, and in the case of startups, for integrating IP into their business venture at an early stage, acknowledging the potential to commercialize their IP assets.

Awards

• Winners will receive:
  • Travel to Geneva to attend the Awards Ceremony and special events (funded in accordance with WIPO’s rules),
  • A WIPO Trophy specifically designed for this Program,
  • Customized IP mentorship opportunities (considering, on a case-by-case basis, the business background and specific needs of the winners).
• In addition, winners will be offered promotion, visibility and recognition through an Awards ceremony, special WIPO Awards webpage, WIPO media, and other external IP related media.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligibility for SMEs
  • The Awards Program is open to all SMEs located in at least one of WIPO’s 193 Member States and meeting the following conditions:
    • It is a registered business entity. Proof of registration is required.
    • It has no more than 300 employees and up to 15 US$ millions of total annual sales.
    • It is a holder of at least one registered IP right.
    • It is exporting its products or services to at least one country.
• Eligibility for startups
  • The Awards Program is open to all startups located in at least one of WIPO’s 193 Member States and meeting the following conditions:
    • The startup is a registered business entity with a legal existence of no more than three years. Proof of registration is required.
    • It has no more than 50 employees.
    • The startup has an innovative product or service associated with IP rights.
    • The startup has submitted at least one application for the registration of one IP right and/or is the holder of at least one registered IP right.
    • The startup is affiliated with a business support organization, such as an incubator, an accelerator, or a similar entity. Proof of affiliation is required.
    • The startup has affirmed its engagement with at least one commercial customer, and/or has completed a business sale, and/or secured one investor.

For more information, visit World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).