Author: Renate Franke

The first round of the BioPhoT Research and Innovation Project (RIP) call has been completed and 79 RIP applications will be submitted to the second round of the Latvian Science Council's expert review.

For three days, from 26 to 28 May, 117 BioPhoT Research and Innovation Project (RIP) applications were evaluated by a panel of industry and commercialisation experts. Today, 30 May pthe results of the evaluation were approved by the latformas Project Management Group.

In order to qualify for the second evaluation round, according to the Tender Rules, a PIP application had to have a consolidated score of 10 points or more and could not have scored less than 1 point in any of the evaluation criteria.

The average score for PIP applications is 12.4 points, with the highest score of 17.6 points and the lowest score of 6.2 points. Of the PIP applications received, 25 did not reach the required 10 points. 13 RIP applications did not score 1 point in any of the evaluation criteria, although the total score exceeded 10 points.

In accordance with the competition rules, each PIP leader will receive an evaluation of his/her application by email to the email address provided in the application. Information on the deadline for the second round of PIP applications will be available on the BioPhoT homepage and on the platform's Linkedin profile.

First round PIP assessment

#	PIP ID	Overall rating, pand	Qualified for Round 2, Yes/No
1	35	17,6	Yes
2	39	17,2	Yes
3	53	17,2	Yes
4	59	17,2	Yes
5	54	16,6	Yes
6	82	16,6	Yes
7	113	16,6	Yes
8	31	16,4	Yes
9	32	16,2	Yes
10	26	16,0	Yes
11	92	16,0	Yes
12	102	16,0	Yes
13	109	16,0	Yes
14	40	15,8	Yes
15	47	15,8	Yes
16	21	15,6	Yes
17	2	15,4	Yes
18	95	15,4	Yes
19	65	15,2	Yes
20	16	15,2	Yes
21	45	15,2	Yes
22	107	15,2	Yes
23	4	14,8	Yes
24	5	14,8	Yes
25	73	14,8	Yes
26	63	14,8	Yes
27	119	14,6	Yes
28	1	14,4	Yes
29	78	14,4	Yes
30	58	14,2	Yes
31	62	14,2	Yes
32	74	14,2	Yes
33	20	14,0	Yes
34	71	14,0	Yes
35	97	14,0	Yes
36	106	14,0	Yes
37	66	13,8	Yes
38	43	13,6	Yes
39	69	13,6	Yes
40	60	13,6	Yes
41	77	13,6	Yes
42	37	13,4	Yes
43	64	13,4	Yes
44	110	13,4	Yes
45	80	13,2	Yes
46	72	13,0	Yes
47	48	13,0	Yes
48	99	13,0	Yes
49	100	13,0	Yes
50	30	13,0	Yes
51	22	12,8	Yes
52	121	12,8	Yes
53	13	12,8	Yes
54	90	12,8	Yes
55	14	12,6	Yes
56	3	12,6	Yes
57	28	12,4	Yes
58	75	12,4	Yes
59	105	12,4	Yes
60	19	12,2	Yes
61	50	12,2	Yes
62	94	12,2	From
63	23	12,0	Yes
64	17	11,8	Yes
65	56	11,8	Yes
66	81	11,8	From
67	33	11,6	From
68	70	11,6	Yes
69	85	11,4	Yes
70	11	11,2	Yes
71	15	11,2	Yes
72	18	11,2	From
73	24	11,2	Yes
74	84	11,2	Yes
75	86	11,2	From
76	120	11,2	Yes
77	7	11,0	Yes
78	8	11,0	Yes
79	49	11,0	Yes
80	67	11,0	Yes
81	91	11,0	Yes
82	34	11,0	Yes
83	114	10,8	Yes
84	101	10,6	From
85	87	10,6	From
86	103	10,6	Yes
87	68	10,4	From
88	76	10,4	From
89	111	10,4	From
90	42	10,2	From
91	89	10,2	From
92	83	10,0	From
93	44	9,8	From
94	51	9,8	From
95	55	9,8	From
96	79	9,8	From
97	88	9,8	From
98	93	9,8	From
99	108	9,8	From
100	115	9,8	From
101	118	9,8	From
102	104	9,6	From
103	6	9,4	From
104	46	9,4	From
105	57	9,4	From
106	41	9,4	From
107	116	9,4	From
108	122	9,4	From
109	38	9,2	From
110	25	9,0	From
111	27	9,0	From
112	29	9,0	From
113	117	9,0	From
114	98	8,6	From
115	52	8,2	From
116	9	7,6	From
117	112	6,2	From