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Anniversary Edition

Innovation Cup

Join the brightest students from all over the world for a week at the company headquarters. Learn from professionals, network, develop a business plan, and win a €20,000 team prize!

Grand final

The Innovation Cup 2018 grand final final took place on July 24th, 2018, where all teams pitched their business plans.

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The application phase for 2018 is closed. To sign-up for information on the Innovation Cup 2019, please register with your email address below.

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More Innovation Initiatives

Learn more about our other 350th anniversary innovation activities.

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How does it work?

In 2018, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany celebrate its 350th anniversary. On this occasion, we conduct a special expanded anniversary edition of the Innovation Cup with 75 participants in Darmstadt, Germany (July 16-24, 2018). This Innovation Cup covery not only the field of Healthcare, but also Life Science and Performance Materials.

As part of the Innovation Cup, participants attend the scientific conference Curious2018. Following the Curious2018 conference participants work together in small teams in a highly stimulating environment to:

  • Work as part of a team to generate new ideas in the fields: healthy lives, synthetic biology, material solutions, digitalization, and new ways of working together
  • Evaluate ideas from a technical and business perspective and build a convincing business plan
  • Learn the essentials about R&D within the pharmaceutical and chemical industry
  • Network with the brightest students from all over the world
  • Understand how products are successfully discovered, developed, and brought to market
  • Get to know Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and learn about career options

A jury, consisting of top scientists and entrepreneurs, selects the best business plan in each of the five focus fields and award each winning team with EUR 5.000. From these, the Jury selects the overall winner of the Anniversary Cup 2018 with a prize of EUR 20.000.

Travel, accommodation and food expenses paid for by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

This program is not open to U.S. healthcare professionals. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany retains exclusive rights to make any press release or any kind of public communication about the Innovation Cup winner(s).

Teams

Our teams: Healthy Lives, Materials & Solutions, Life Reimagined, Vibrant Digital and Bright Future.

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"It has been one of the most unique, challenging, and mind-provoking experiences to be listed in one’s lifetime."

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Winner 2018

The winning team of the Anniversary Innovation Cup 2018 (l.t.r.): Stephan Lammel (team coach), Lorillee Tallorin, Arne Wehling, Belen Garijo (Member of the executive board), Michael Ogden, Sebald Verkuijl, Lian Zhu, Ulrich Betz (Vice President Innovation)

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Winner 2017

The winner team of the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2017 (f.l.t.r.): Ulrich Betz, Patrik Andersson, Franklin Zhong, Alex Kertser, Arne Sutter (Team Coach), Kelly Moynihan, Simone Mori, Joern-Peter Halle

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Winner 2016

The ‘Global Health’ team, winners of the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2016 (f.l.t.r): Chetan Rathi, Erica Namigai, Ulrich Betz, Belen Garijo, Theresa Maier, Jutta Reinhard-Rupp; Jennifer Beveridge, Josh Tycko, Gabriele Disselhoff.

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Winner 2015

The Oncology Team has won the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2015 (f.l.t.r.): Francis Hunter, Wang Shan, Jia Lin, Kshitij Srivastava, Belen Garijo – member of the Executive Board handing over the award, Sotirios Sotiriou, Oliver Thorn-Seshold, Arne Sutter.

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Winner 2014

The winner team of the 2014 Biopharma Innovation Cup (f.l.t.r.): Sorin Fedeles, Steve Fernandes, Marie Spitzner, Michael Becker, Arne Sutter, Hildegard Mack. The team worked out a new idea for an innovative payload in antibody-drug-conjugates to fight cancer.

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Winner 2013

Arne Sutter, Yvonne Yamanaka, Manuel Fankhauser, Qianqiao Tang, Luca Christel and Prabhani Atukorale won in 2013 with a new technology to increase the effectiveness of cancer vaccines.

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Winner 2012

Claus-Jochen Schmitges, Cornelius Kloeck, Christian Luginsland, Kristina Kakalacheva, Sherry Cai Wen and Vojislav Jovanovic won in 2012. Their idea: A new therapy for the autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Winner 2011

A new technology platform to design superior biobinders was the winning idea of Siegfried Neumann, Warren Hochfeld, Jonas Schaefer, Anna Idelevich, Christian Kuttruff and Deni Subasic in 2011.

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"Learning, innovating, networking, having fun and winning – the Innovation Cup is the chance for graduate students to make a difference!"

Dr. Ulrich Betz

Vice President, Department Head Innovation & Entrepreneurship Incubator
Innovation Cup Inventor and Manager

Future Insight Conference

In addition, all participants of the Anniversary Cup attend the Curious2018 Conference which Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany conducts at the occasion of its 350th anniversary in 2018.

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Awards

Edison Awards
Edison Awards

Edison Awards 2017 Winner

German Stevie Awards
German Stevie Awards

2017 Stevie Gold Winner

Innovationspreis der deutschen Wirtschaft
Innovationspreis der deutschen Wirtschaft

Innovationspreis der deutschen Wirtschaft Winner 2015

Deutscher Ideen-Preis
Deutscher Ideen-Preis

Deutscher Ideen-Preis International Idea 2014

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