The United Nations Development Program in Ukraine, the Biomimicry Institute, USA, and partners held a national competition in Ukraine to find ideas inspired by natural systems and organisms that solve the problem of waste.
This is a qualifying round for the international Biomimicry Global Design Challenge. The three selected teams will receive mentoring and support from the UNDP Innovation Development Laboratory in Ukraine and its partners in preparing the project and submitting it to the International Biomimicry Competition.
The public defense of works (online) and the announcement of the winners of the National Competition took place on June 1, 2021. The team of researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry, the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, Lviv Polytechnic, represented by researcher Nataliia Fihurka, became one of the three winners and will represent Ukraine at the International Biomimicry Global Design Challenge in the USA.
The three winners of the National Biomimicry Competition will take part in a business incubator, as well as have the opportunity to scale their invention and find international partners in the network of 60 offices of the UNDP Innovation Development Laboratories.
