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Innovation Factory Project Admission Criteria for Student Projects

1. Purpose

These criteria will aid in the assessment of all the student projects requesting admission to Innovation Factory to access its support and resources related to technology innovation, its research and product development.

Note 1: to better understand the admission criteria, Innovation Factory advise this document to be read in conjunction with the project funding criteria for student projects (Please see Table 2).

Note 2:?refer to the Innovation Factory?website for details on stages of development and understanding of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).

2. Project categories

This document only applies to Tier 1 and 2 projects, the definition of which are presented in Table 1.

Table 1: Definition of Tier 1 and 2 projects

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2. Project Admission Criteria

All the admission criteria defined below must be carefully considered before filling out the registration forms. For tier 1 projects, 50% of the criteria defined below should be met in order to be accepted for admission to Innovation Factory. This provides flexible framework for solo/tier 1 student projects who are still exploring the innovation and technology development process.

Note: The project admission criteria is defined in Table 2 for the reference of project team , to consider when filling out the registration form.

Table 2: Innovation Factory project assessment and admission criteria

3. Evaluation process

The Director of Innovation Factory and the Director of X3Co-Venture, along with Ops team member and technical team member will carry out the evaluation and initial assessment of the project based on the established criteria. The evaluation process will be used as a guideline at project¡¯s first assessment meeting and the outcome will be conveyed/feedback provided officially by email (details given below).

4. Outcome of the Assessment and Feedback

The outcome of the assessment meeting will be officially communicated by email.

If the project fails to meet the required admission criteria, feedback will be provided during the project assessment meeting and students will be encouraged to resubmit the project¡¯s pitch deck after necessary revisions within 30 days of the feedback.

If the project does not meet the criteria upon resubmission, the project team has to wait for further 2 months before they become eligible to reapply. An appeal can be submitted against the decision with clear evidence of how the criteria can be met.

5. Appeals procedure

The student(s) can submit an appeal with clear evidence of how they have addressed the deficiency highlighted in their project to meet 50% assessment criteria. Appeals can be submitted within 30 days from the final decision date.

6. Health & Safety

Each of the projects admitted to Innovation Factory will go through a rigorous Health & Safety (H&S) process developed and implemented by Laboratory and Technical Management Office (LTMO) under the university guidelines. Each of the project teams who will be using the lab and equipment will have to go through:

• H&S induction.
• Equipment training (where applicable).
• Completion of Risk Assessment (RA) form.

The process will be administered and implemented by related LTMO team with support from relevant parties, e.g. Innovation Factory.

7. Review and Updates

The project admission criteria will be reviewed every 6-8 months in the first 2 years and then annually to make appropriate adjustments.

Note: Innovation Factory reserves the right to change the project criteria anytime during the course of academic year, which will be effective immediately.