Yes, you may submit more than one idea or project to each edition of the competition.

Yes, you can submit the documents either in Italian or in English language.

The best business Ideas will receive prizes in services: free-of-charge support and consulting activities aimed at the Business Plan’s development and / or competition, provided by the organizing incubators through experts.

By selecting the corresponding preference during the Business Idea registration (Stage I), the entrepreneurial team will have the possibility to make use of the following free-of-charge services:

1. access to technical and immersive workshops dedicated to climate neutrality and Turin's urban mobility policies, aimed at illustrating the relevant reference policies, challenges, and assets of the local ecosystem. Participants shall have the opportunity to explore the context alongside the key local stakeholders — specifically the City of Turin and 5T — with the technical and scientific support of Politecnico di Torino, including the possibility of visiting dedicated laboratories. These services are provided within the framework of the City of Turin’s open innovation projects, namely Living Lab ToMove and CTE NEXT 2.0;
   

2. guidance and support services provided by experts from Invitalia, Official Partner of the Italian National Innovation Award (“Premio Nazionale dell’Innovazione”), aimed at assisting applicants in submitting applications for business creation incentives.

An e-mail communication on the outcome of Stage I will be sent to all applicants. Applicants selected by the organisers to benefit from the mentoring activities referred to in point 3 will also be contacted individually.

Everyone can still apply for Stage II, even those who were not selected in Stage I, by preparing their own Business Plan to apply autonomously, by consulting the document preparation methods and the short summary example available on the page "How to apply" of this website.

The evaluation process for the definition of the best finalist projects is managed by a jury, which evaluates them in different steps starting from the closing of Stage II until October.

Towards the end of September, the organizers will send the team the positive or negative outcome of the first evaluation step. No ranking or individual judging will be published. In case of a positive outcome, the organizers will provide indications on the next selection steps.

The final results will be made public during the award ceremony in November that concludes the competition. Further details will be provided in the News section of the site, and to keep up to date you can subscribe to the competition's free newsletter (see the bottom of this page).

The competition is only open to owners of companies whose date of incorporation is after October 1^st, 2025, or from January to September 2025 but with a declaration of commencement of business (as per the date of commencement of operations specified in the Italian Chamber of Commerce certificate) on or after October 1^st, 2025.

Yes, the evaluation parameters are the same.