Technical explanations

Please read carefully the following text !!

1/ How does the application form file work?

The basic questionnaire is MANDATORY for your registration to the EUROWARDS contest. It will take 10 to 15 minutes of your time to fill it in completely.

You may send us your business plan using the atachment system. Only Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Pdf format are accepted. Sending your business plan is NOT MANDATORY, however it could be taken into consideration by the selection committee members and by potential investor.

2/ What confirmation message will I receive?

When you send your answers, you will receive by e mail a confirmation message.

This email message will also give you a user ID.

3/ What if I did not get any user ID

Probably you did not give a proper email address. Be sure to give your usual, valid email address which has the form: name@company.suffix (example: info@eurowards.org). Spaces and accentuated characters are not valid inside email addresses.

If you have lost your user ID or if you experience problems, send your request.

Finaly,

The Application Form will help us to understand your project, motivation and business spirit. This is why we have chosen to concentrate on some important questions which are applicable to the widest possible range of situations.

The space for answers is deliberately small. The members of our Selection Committees are like investors, they judge on the essential points! Your ability to communicate clearly is an important guarantee of success.

Don't forget that if your project is selected you will have the chance to present it to a Selection Committee. You will be able to give all the details then if needed.

Questions must be translated in english in order to allow the evaluation by the Selection Committee. We recommend you to use the http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box site for free, fast and reliable translations.

Two important pieces of advice before you answer the questions:

- Be clear and precise. Avoid generalisations and technical jargon. Members of the Selection Committees are not always specialists in your discipline.
- Be convincing while being objective and careful.

There are no "good" or "bad" answers. It is the consistency between your different answers and how you adapt them to the nature of your project which will help us form an idea on the quality of your application.

Good luck.