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Innovation Boost Grant

Promoting short term innovative projects
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This Call for Proposals for the ‘Innovation Boost Grant’ is aimed at supporting short-term innovative projects in specific thematic areas.

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The ultimate objective of any proposed project should be the development or improvement of products, processes or techniques that will benefit the economy or provide potential solutions to the identified national challenges.  

Overview

Eligibility

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The main applicant must be one of the following:

  1. A Company (including MSMEs, large enterprises) registered for at least one year with the Registrar of Companies in the Republic of Mauritius.

  2. An Organisation/Association, including Non-Governmental Organisations registered with the Registrar of Associations in the Republic of Mauritius for at least one year.

  3. An Academic Institution (recognised/accredited tertiary education institutions or Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions) registered with the Higher Education Commission for at least one year.

  4. A Public/Private Research Institution in the Republic of Mauritius registered with the relevant authority for at least one year.

  5. A Government Institution or Parastatal Body.

Overview
Expression of interest
Effective Dates
Useful Documents
How to apply
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Funded Project
Please find below list of projects which are funded by the Council:​

 

  1. Developing a Container Farm for Enhancing Food Security - Ongoing 

  2. Postharvest processing of shellfish from local sources: an automated facility for oyster depuration and storage - Completed 

  3. Developing the Smart Agrivoltaic Rooftop Greenhouse - Ongoing 

  4. Building capacity to determine optimal post-harvest and processing practices for the production of quality cocoa beans and fine flavoured cocoa derived products in Mauritius - Ongoing 

  5. Improving access to financial products through an AI-powered multilingual virtual assistant - Completed 

  6. Application of IoT in Telematics Insurance - Ongoing 

  7. Topical oil formulation containing plant extracts with inflammatory and antibacterial properties - Ongoing 

  8. Valorisation of indigenous medicinal plants in Mauritius for their potential application in Ayurvedic formulations - Ongoing 

  9. Assessing technology readiness among older adults: for the future development of health and well-being programmes - Ongoing 

  10. Health and Wellness 2.0: Assessing the impact of an exergaming application for the promotion of healthy behaviours in Mauritius - Ongoing 

  11. Immersive Technologies to improve health and wellness - Ongoing 

  12. The Sport and Performance Nutrition Centre Project - Completed 

  13. Application of IOT, AI and Robotics in Agriculture (An Extension of current project) -Completed 

  14. Intelligent platform for online learning - Completed 

  15. Rod Blue Way Forward - Ongoing 

  16. Investigating the factors leading to teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among teenagers in Rodrigues island to develop a community-based intervention - Ongoing 

  17. APEIM Art Academy - Ongoing 

  18. Upping Cloud - Completed 

  19. Social Innovation Lab - Empowering Women-Led Innovation through Design Thinking Skills Labs - Completed 

  20. Impactors.io - A platform for social and grassroots innovation ecosystem of the Indian Ocean - Completed 

  21. Mauritian Treasures App - Ongoing 

  22. Immersive Discovery: 3D Virtual Visit of a National Heritage Site - Completed 

  23. This is Mauritius - Ongoing 

  24. Development of a digital app (MauNature) for tourist nature-based activities - Completed 

  25. Understanding the needs and preferences of tourists for regional inland tourism: Case study of the region of Chamarel, Plaine Champagne and Petrin - Ongoing 

  26. Employment in the tourism and hospitality sector in Mauritius is in crisis: A study to close the skills gap - Completed 

  27. Compressed Stabilised Raw Earth Blocks (CSREB) - Ongoing 

  28. Development of a climate-smart innovative local biopesticide - Ongoing 

  29. Developing craft products using Ravenala Madagascariensis and Textile fabric Waste -Ongoing 

  30. Risk Management and Reporting System - Ongoing 

  31. Kcious Next generation of sustainability - Ongoing 

  32. KasEnnPoz - a first of its kind money supermarket, revolutionising the way Mauritius interacts with financial services - Ongoing 

  33. Sustainable Biotechnology for Economic Development: Materials from Local Resources - Ongoing 

  34. Marine nutraceutical salt production in climate-controlled greenhouse - Ongoing 

  35. A food classification & recommendation system based on artificial intelligence to promote healthy dieting in Mauritius - Ongoing 

  36. Building an innovative low-cost setup brain waves signal capture to study the effects of exercises on mental well-being - Ongoing 

  37. CarbInsulinAssist: Revolutionizing Diabetes Management with Precision Insulin Dosage App - Ongoing 

  38. Agribot - Ongoing 

  39. Developing an expanded Cajon set with digital integration to alternate acoustic traditional Drums kit - Ongoing 

  40. Seawater Passive Desalination and Enhanced Rainwater Collection - Ongoing 

  41. Innovative Mobile Corn Shelling Machine for Small Planters - Ongoing 

  42. Sprint4Change: Cross sectoral capacity building to boost social innovation - Ongoing 

  43. AgriSanté - Ongoing 

  44. Digital Odyssey: Navigating Mauritius Virtually - Ongoing 

  45. Employees and Customers' Acceptance of Service Robots in the Hotel Sector - Ongoing 

  46. MaurimapsXperience: Embarking on a Digital Journey to Discover Island Heritage and Treasures - Ongoing 

Only applications/proposals which are submitted to the Council using appropriate templates and guidelines will be considered.
The MRIC reserves the right not to accept applications deemed irrelevant.

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