2022 competition partners
We are delighted to have the support from some of the most recognised companies in the chemical sciences industry.
The journey so far
The Emerging Technologies Competition was started in 2013 to celebrate the very best of chemical science innovation, catapult exciting ideas towards commercialisation through a dedicated support package, and raise the profile of often overlooked solutions to society's biggest challenges.
Since then we have been through an exciting journey from Burlington House out to London and pivoting to online events in recent years. Explore the video playlist below and read the timeline to find out more about how things have changed.
2013
- The first competition was hosted at the Royal Society Chemistry's prestigous Burlington House to give up and coming promising chemistry entreprenuers a platform
- Finalists presented technologies on transformational point-of-care diagnostics, biofuel production from by-products, and bio-based manufacturing technologies.
- Winners: AQDOT, Biogelx, HydRegen
All winners and finalists from 2013
A decade ago, I started the Emerging Technologies Competition because of a shared frustration, with a few collaborators in Procter and Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline and Croda. We all knew the immense potential of chemistry ideas, but recognised the lack of visibility of those technologies. ETC was born to showcase the best chemistry has to offer in improving our world from health and energy to environment and sustainability.
2014
- Technologies presented included: capture, storage and delivery of gases, environmentally friendly bio-adhesives, technology for rapid screening of infectious diseases
- 2014 winners: MRC Human Nutrition Research, Econic Technologies, University of Warwick, Catalytic Technologies Ltd
All winners and finalists from 2014
Find out about our previous winning technologies and their societal impact
SME Echion Technologies have developed a safe, fast charging battery technology based on sustainable materials which can be charged much faster than current batteries and for many more cycles. This will accelerate the electrification of trains, buses and other vehicles, helping overcome the challenge in the race to zero emissions transport.
Carbon capture and utilisation offers a solution to turning the abundance of waste CO2 in the atmosphere into something useful. In the first of our series, chemistry SME ViridiCO2 tells us about their new catalytic technology, which transforms CO2 into polymers for use in everyday products.
Read more case studies
Find out how the Emerging Technologies Competition winners have benefited from entering the competition, how they have transformed their business ideas and what they've got planned for the future.
Explore all previous winners
Read about all our winners’ cutting-edge technologies. We are very proud of the achievements of our 60 winners, who have been selected from hundreds of applicants over the last nine years.
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