See your invention the way our jury will.

• The six questions are the six criteria of the Symbiotic Matrix, with the same 0 to 5 scale and the same level descriptions the jury and funding fellows use.
• Three criteria measure planetary benefit: net-positive planetary impact, ecosystems and non-human life, and community and human wellbeing. Together they carry more weight than any other part of the evaluation.
• Two rules protect the standard: an entry that may harm ecosystems cannot advance, and an entry needs a minimum level of planetary benefit to reach the finalist tier, however strong the rest of the case.
• The same criteria apply to every track. Questions about feasibility, implementer capability, and adoption are phrased for your track, because what counts as evidence differs for a startup, a law, a lab invention, or a financial model.
• The questions in your profile come from your lowest-rated criteria. They are the questions most likely to come up in evaluation.
• This self-check shows no total score and does not rank, score, or pre-select entries. It does not replace the jury's assessment, and nothing you enter is stored or sent.
• The full Matrix, with weights, score bands, and a comparison with a typical VC screen, is published by the Sustainable Innovation Council: see the full scoring method.

Applications open November 17.