Tyndall offers €20,000 prize in search for 'deep tech' start-ups

Prof Martyn Pemble, Stokes Professor of Materials Chemistry, Tyndall; Jo Southernwood, senior research engineer, International Energy Research Centre, Tyndall; Dr Giorgos Fagas, head of EU Programmes, Tyndall; Dr Patrick Morrissey, head of Photonics Operations and centre manager of IPIC, Tyndall; and Dr Carlos Ochoa, senior researcher, International Energy Research Centre, Tyndall. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM PHOTO

Cork’s Tyndall National Institute is seeking applicants for a new pre-accelerator programme for "deep-tech start-ups" by offering a €20,000 prize fund.

The four-month programme will run from February to May to help entrepreneurial explorers in the area of photonics and microelectronics to “stress test their idea” and learn from European semiconductor companies, such as Osram and IQE.