Innovation AveNEW

Interested companies must align in some fashion with the area of life sciences and technology and while not required, an established relationship with a university, bioscience incubator or research institution is preferable. The company’s products and/or services must be available for sale/distribution within the year of their conference participation.

All applications are reviewed by the Innovation AveNEW Review Panel, who will evaluate applications for technical merit and commercial feasibility as well as other criteria, inclusive of, but not limited to:

• Compelling science and technology
• Clarity of vision and market opportunity (business plan)
• Strength of management team
• Impact on the field of life sciences discovery and technology
• Start-up status

Only 24 start-up companies will be chosen for this program in 2021 and a single company may be selected for participation only one time. These spots go quickly!

SLAS reserves the right to select and deselect any company at any given time. All decisions are final. Companies selected for participation in Innovation AveNEW must agree to and adhere to the rules and regulations for participation.

SLAS is dedicated to advancing life sciences discovery and technology and connecting its users to each other. To fulfill that mission, companies selected to participate in Innovation AveNEW receive at no cost:

• Digital exhibit space on the in the Exhibition. (Innovation AveNEW participants must have an official company representative present in their booth space at all times during show hours.)
• Mentorship opportunity to collaborate with expert life sciences business professionals
• Access to thousands of practicing life sciences researchers, purchasing decision-makers and potential business partners; ample time for networking
• Complimentary registration to SLAS Ignite entrepreneurial workshop
• Invitation to be featured on the SLAS podcast, New Matter: Inside the Minds of SLAS Scientists
• Finally, all participating companies are asked to submit a previously unpublished scientific manuscript (original research or a related review paper) for peer-reviewed publication in one of two SLAS journals — SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology — post-conference.

View Innovation AveNEW Application

Deadline for Innovation AveNEW Applicants — Monday, October 12, 2020

Announcement of Selected Innovation AveNEW companies — Week of November 9, 2020

Deadline for Ignite Award opt-in — Monday, November 23, 2020

Announcement of Finalists for Ignite Award — Week of December 14, 2020