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T-RISE is one of 35 projects selected for funding under the European Innovation and Technology Initiative (EIT Higher Education Initiative), following a highly competitive call for proposals which received a total of 138 applications from across Europe.
T-RISE aims to expand entrepreneurship, innovation and knowledge transfer at universities and to intensify collaboration between universities, businesses, research institutions and other regional stakeholders. The aim is to enable innovative ideas to be translated into practical solutions more quickly. A key component of the project is the establishment of a Joint Innovation Office (JIO), which will coordinate innovation and start-up activities within the alliance.
In addition, new continuing professional development courses, incubation and mentoring programmes are being developed to support students, researchers and staff in implementing innovative ideas and start-up projects. The focus is particularly on the themes of sustainability, digital transformation and societal impact.
The project underpins the Transform4Europe Alliance’s shared goal of training knowledge entrepreneurs, promoting innovations with societal impact and strengthening the role of European universities as drivers of sustainable development, competitiveness and regional transformation.
The project is coordinated by the University of Alicante (Spain) and brings together six beneficiary universities from the Transform4Europe Alliance: the Jean Monnet University of Saint-Étienne (France), the University of Primorska (Slovenia), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), the Catholic University of Portugal and the University of Silesia (Poland). The consortium also includes the META Group (Italy) and the Alicante Science Park (Spain) as beneficiary partners. Saarland University is participating as an associated partner – as are the other T4EU universities (the University of Trieste (Italy), Mariupol State University (Ukraine), the Estonian Academy of Arts and Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)).
The project will also strengthen long-term cooperation with the ecosystem of the Europa-Institut for Innovation and Technology (EIT) and work closely with EIT Climate-KIC, EIT RawMaterials and 28DIGITAL. This will open up new opportunities for students, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators to participate in European innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Background:
The EIT Higher Education Initiative is a funding programme of the Europa-Institut for Innovation and Technology (EIT). It is the only European instrument that focuses exclusively on strengthening the innovation and entrepreneurial capacities of higher education institutions and enabling them to become the innovation leaders of tomorrow (https://eit-hei.eu/).
Contact for enquiries:
Aylin Suhrborg
Tel: +49 681 302-71114
E-Mail: aylin.suhrborg@uni-saarland.de
www.transform4europe.eu