International competition THE COSMETIC VICTORIES 2023

After 3 hours of presentations, debates and deliberations, the industrial jury of the competition, meeting yesterday in Paris, selected the 2 winners for 2023. And the winners for 2023 are:

+ Academic prize: Ophélie PIERRE, PhD and PharmD, Laboratory Interactions Neurons Keratinocytes (LIEN), University of Western Brittany (Brest) for the MODEL OF REINNERVATED HUMAN SKIN project

+ Industry award: Max Webers, Co-Founder & CEO, Colipi for the CARBON-LIGHT ALTERNATIVE TO PALM OI project

A beautiful award ceremony, orchestrated by Laurence Dorlhac, journalist, took place in front of the press and several former winners who were able to discuss with the jury on this occasion.

Watch the ceremony on video to learn more about the 6 projects presented: https://youtu.be/lAUoeCBMYXk

Congratulations again to the 4 other finalists who were able to present and defend their high quality projects! Tawin IEMPRIDEE, Ph.D. Researcher, National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) came from Thailand for the ZENOLASE-MOST POTENT NATURAL SENOLYTIC INGREDIENT project / Vincent SOL, University professor, LABCiS UR 22722 Laboratory, University of Limoges came from Limoges for the PHOTOACTIVABLE project SUBSTANCES FROM MARINE ALGAE / Namdong Park, Project Manager, PiQuant from South Korea for the COSMETICS MONITORING THROUGH SPECTOSCOPY project / Pauline COTINAT, CEO and co-founder, Innov&Sea from Nice for the IN VITRO MARINE ECOTOXICITY TESTS OF SUNSCREENS PRODUCTS project

Once again, research and cosmetic innovation gathered in France, in Paris

Thank you to the selection committee who received and analyzed the 112 applications from 16 countries (FR and EN).

Thanks to Nicolas Landrin, Essec Business School for his time spent with each finalist to prepare their oral presentation.

Thank you to the industrial jury for its presence yesterday and the exchanges with our finalists to select the winners (FR and EN).

It was great to see and exchange with the former winners present yesterday, thank you for coming..

Focus on a call for projects launched by the European Commission to finance collaborative innovation in Europe!

Cosmetic Valley has targeted this very relevant call for projects to develop your research and innovation project on the themes of waste recovery, aquatic biomass and bio-based systems.

Name of the call for projects : HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IAFlag-04: Valorisation of aquatic biomass waste and residues

Submission : September 20, 2023

Budget : €10M - Grant of 60% of eligible costs for for-profit entities and 100% for non-profit entities

TRL: TRL8 at the end of the project

In accordance with the objectives of the circular economy and the "zero pollution" action plan, the proposals selected will facilitate the large-scale deployment of biobased industrial systems. These systems will contribute to the implementation of the new EU strategy for a sustainable blue economy and respond to the EC Communication "Towards a strong and sustainable European algae sector", by demonstrating improved environmental performance, maximum efficiency in terms of resources and energy, and optimal cascading use of biological raw materials, aiming for "zero waste" and "zero pollution" operations.

Cosmetic applications are directly targeted by this call.

Are you developing a project on this theme? Are you looking for a funding window to support its development?

Cosmetic Valley supports you in setting up projects: identification of calls for projects / funding windows at national, European and international level and in the search for partners.

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Link to the call sheet