Under its vision and mission, the University provides assistance to staff and students in transforming their innovative ideas into reality. The University will provide a supportive platform for innovation and entrepreneurship so that members of UM can establish their businesses and collaborate with the local communities and government in order to bring progress and development to UM and the Macao society, which in turn will enable Macao to become an innovative society. Moreover, the University helps members of the UM community to position themselves for the future, cultivating an enthusiastic atmosphere for research and innovation while stimulating industrial development and establishing a novel talent training mechanism.

The UM is recruiting innovative entrepreneurial teams for intensive incubation at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. After committee assessment, the Centre will provide to incubation teams appropriate advice from entrepreneurial guidance at the initial stage to regular expert consultations. With expectation of visible progress in one year, the Centre may offer incubation teams with temporary office spaces, meeting rooms, and office facilities. The Centre may also provide a startup funding upto MOP500,000 for the selected teams after evaluation and recommendation by the Incubation Team Selection Committee. Moreover, the Centre will assist the teams in seeking external resources for their new businesses.

The recruitment of incubation teams is an ongoing exercise with regular schedule. In principle, it will be carried out once in each semester.

Target
At least one member of a team must have a connection with the University of Macau. All current students, alumni, and current staff are eligible to apply. One team must also have at least one Macao permanent resident. The maximum number of team members is five for each team.

Incubation Team Selection Criteria

The selection of incubation teams will be conducted by the Incubation Team Selection Committee, which is composed of professionals outside and/or inside UM. Through the business concept proposal and interview, the Committee evaluates the submission with focuses on creativity, originality, and potential benefits to the society in terms of business and culture. Cross-discipline and cross-faculty innovative ideas are encouraged for applications. Please refer to the webpage of Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for details.

Application
Applicant on behalf a team should fill in the application form and also submit a Business Concept Proposal (maximum 2 pages of A4 paper in Chinese or English). Please submit by email to ICI.Innovation@um.edu.mo.

Deadline (1st semester): 31/08 Deadline (2nd semester): 31/01

Please refer to the below for the application form and other materials and details:

• webpage of Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: https://ci.ici.um.edu.mo

• official Wechat Account of Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship