Who is SAIRA?
SAIRA is an open innovation platform that unites research and technology organizations and the private and public sector to tackle the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. We connect our ecosystem of innovators, companies, start-ups, organizations and strategic partners around the globe. Expand your networks, search for solutions and identify innovations.
Connecting Knowledge with Opportunity, for good
Why is SAIRA Unique?
Global challenges are nearly impossible to tackle when established experts and upstart innovators work in silos. If research and technology organizations, governments, NGOs, and the private sector could collaborate on these challenges more easily, lasting solutions would certainly come more quickly. SAIRA aims to make that happen. We provide the first open innovation platform that strives to transfer technologies and implement innovative solutions for sustainable development through collaborative projects. SAIRA’s Challenges bridge the geographical and administrative gap between market needs, local challenges, innovative business ideas, and expertise in research and development by offering easily accessible matchmaking tools.
Who is SAIRA for?
We bridge the geographical and administrative gap between market needs, local challenges, innovative business ideas, and expertise in R&D by offering 4 types of Challenges depending on your role:
SAIRA's Challenges
RTO Challenges
Industrial Challenges
Start-Up Challenges
NGO/GO Challenges
RTO Challenges connect researchers at WAITRO members RTOs to collaborate on ambitious research projects, based on identified funding opportunities or local identified challenges.
Industrial Challenges connect innovation seeking companies to problem solving researchers that develop and implement customized technological solutions for specific needs.
Start-up Challenges connect solution seeking start-ups to problem solving experts in research and development that pave the way to transform innovative business ideas into viable solutions.
NGO/GO Challenges connect solution seeking non-governmental or governmental organization to problem solving researchers to collaborate on ambitious projects that contribute to sustainable development.
RTO Challenges
RTO Challenges connect researchers at WAITRO members RTOs to collaborate on ambitious research projects, based on identified funding opportunities or local identified challenges.
Industrial Challenges
Industrial Challenges connect innovation seeking companies to problem solving researchers that develop and implement customized technological solutions for specific needs.
Start-Up Challenges
Start-up Challenges connect solution seeking start-ups to problem solving experts in research and development that pave the way to transform innovative business ideas into viable solutions.
NGO/GO Challenges
NGO/GO Challenges connect solution seeking non-governmental or governmental organization to problem solving researchers to collaborate on ambitious projects that contribute to sustainable development.
Incentives and Support
SAIRA offers a unique platform to connect researchers, companies, start-ups and governmental or non-governmental organizations around the globe. Our team offers various services and support to foster fruitful collaborations. From developing and promoting your challenges and project ideas to finding the right partner, to the organization of workshops for ambitious project teams, we create incentives and give you an unparalleled opportunity to scale your social, economic and environmental impact.
SAIRA’s Problem Solvers
SAIRA is drawing on substantial problem-solving resources of research and technology organizations (RTOs) that are members of the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO). SAIRA’s scientists and engineers are working at over 40 RTOs in more than 30 countries around the world.
Turning Research into Practice
Research and technology organizations (RTOs) are specialized in developing, validating, testing, prototyping, and standardizing technologies and play a crucial role in the incubation and commercialization of innovative technologies. In short, scientists and engineers at member RTO’s make their livelihood by turning research into practice. SAIRA encourages our members to share knowledge and expertise on a global scale, and to connect their innovative ideas and results in various research areas across borders and boundaries.
Partners
We collaborate with partners who provide financial and human capital that allow our project teams around the world to implement solutions and tackle global challenges.
We work with organizations, corporations and institutions committed to building a sustainable world.