Leveraging digital and data sciences to catalyze new discoveries in plant protection

• Startups or entrepreneurs with a focus on digital and data science

• You are developing an innovative image analysis solution or a new unconventional type of sensor applicable to digitalization & analysis process,
• You are specialist in data acquisition flow from multiple lab sources and are able to push excellence to facilitate data entry in digital systems,
• You have excellent ideas to shorten small molecule discovery cycle using digital technology (artificial intelligence for new drug design and/or predictive toxicology, natural language processing, …)
• Or you know how to empower scientists to transcend lab/greenhouse workflow…

Naturally, the list is not exhaustive.
Your original and imaginative ideas can be scanned and supported, feel free to approach us.

• A free co-working space for about 6 months (extensible) in the Bayer Life Hub Lyon, which is part of a R&D Bayer center, with independent access
• A collaboration with Bayer around real business challenges
• The concepts you develop are applied to actual research challenges with unique exciting and stimulating interactions with the Bayer scientists community. 
• A help in the IP generation and filing (redaction, ownership, maintenance, …), if any 
• A structured mentoring program and interactions with senior managers able to provide guidance from their perspective on various aspects of your business

When you submit your innovative project, please provide a high-level project plan including descriptions of:

• The problem(s) you intend to solve and your suggested innovative solution
• How this would enable you to collaborate with Bayer on our challenges
• Existing solutions in the market and how your project is different
• Your team skills (if relevant)

Please send us only non-confidential information

• Deadline for submission: November 18, 2018
• Selection announced: early December 2018