Free certification opportunities around the 6 toolkits mentioned above. Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines and conditions mentioned below or contact us for more information.
One to one mentorship and support scheme for students, academic and non-academic staff interested to make their innovation-development process (or their university) more entrepreneurial and innovative. We work with such stakeholders in order to provide hands-on mentorship enabling them to transform their institution towards becoming a leading actor in their ecosystem. The mentorship themes reside within the knowledge range covered by the 6 toolkits mentioned above.
Specialized mentorship for startups and scaleups interested either to learn how to develop their innovation in a responsible manner while also on how to attract investment and connect with key partners.
Training content
By registering below, you can access access to the following training content and certifications:
Toolkit 1: Entrepreneurial discovery
Toolkit 2: Setting up responsible & impactful knowledge and technology transfer office
Toolkit 3: Responsible research and innovation
Toolkit 4: Investment and financing
Toolkit 5: Inclusive KPIs for impactful universities
Toolkit 6: Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Stakeholders
STEP 1: REGISTER AND TAKE THE PRE-ASSESSMENT SURVEYS
- Register for the trainings HERE.
- Take the pre-assessment survey on entrepreneurship competences HERE.
- Take the pre-assessment survey on research commercialization perception HERE.
STEP 2: ACCESS THE TRAINING CONTENT (CHECK THE TABS BELOW)
Overview
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Toolkit 1
Learning outcomes:
Understand why engaging stakeholders at all stages of the research and innovation journey is important
Assess the status of a research project on a research journey
Identify and map stakeholders appropriate to the stage of the journey
Develop and execute a stakeholder engagement plan
Complete an impact canvas
Target groups:
Students and researchers who are developing their research plan or who are interested in setting up a new commercial venture or exploiting the commercial impact of research
University administrators who support researchers on their research and innovation journey
Training materials:
Toolkit 2
Learning outcomes:
Understand the concept and the science behind the RiEcoLab EIL.
Identify the wide range of benefits related to the EILs.
Operationalize the concept of EIL either as an upgrade of existing knowledge technology transfer (KTT) offices or as completely new institutional units/departments.
Set up a business plan/proposal (including financial) to be put forward to university higher management in order to receive institutional support towards establishing EILs.
Develop strategies for ensuring institutional commitment and legacy for the EILs.
Target groups:
Students and researchers who are developing their research plan or who are interested in setting up a new commercial venture or exploiting the commercial impact of research
Administrators who support researchers on their research and innovation journey
Training materials:
Toolkit 3
Learning outcomes:
Define the policy keys, actors, key principles and process requirements of Responsible Research Innovation
Recognize the relevant KPIs and different approaches for measuring RRI outcomes
Identify the tools and methods for creating LLs under an RRI perspective
Apply a step-by-step plan for setting up LLs under RRI principles
Identify existing self-evaluation tools and best practices for RRI and LLs.
Target groups:
Upper Management of HEIs (Board of Trustees, Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Deans)
Policy Makers and Top Administrators who support Research & Development in other
Institutions, such as; R&D Business/Industry Departments; Technology Parks; Technology Transfer Offices; local management offices of Governmental Organizations/Ministries engaged in Research, Technology & Innovation; Development Agencies; Chambers of Industry and Commerce; NGOs and Associations of Business/Industry people (ex. Young Entrepreneurs, Export associations, etc) and identified EILs Associated Partners.
Graduate students and researchers who are engaging in research and innovation wishing to exploit the commercial impact of their research
Training materials:
Toolkit 4
Learning outcomes:
Identify the most important factors in a new venture to check before asking for/providing funding
Understand what impact investment is
Go through the fundraising cycle with a clear image of the different players involved
Develop/evaluate a pitch
Establish positive Investee-Investor relations
Identify an exit strategy
Target groups:
Students, researchers and entrepreneurs who are developing their research plan or who are interested in setting up a new commercial venture or exploiting the commercial impact of research
Entities who support the students, researchers and entrepreneurs mentioned above and want to help them to access capital
Public and private investors who want an overview of best practices in funding.
Training materials:
Toolkit 5
Learning outcomes:
Understand the concept of impact and its dimensions
Know the possible approaches to and benefits of impact measurement and management
Recognize the relevant metrics and indicators related to new practices that each HEI should possess to support the development of impactful startups/ scale-ups
Recognize the relevant metrics and indicators related to measuring the actual impact of the emerged start-ups/scale-ups via their launched innovations in the nearby region
Be familiar with case studies of university start-ups and scale-ups that have been chosen to represent different types of impacts on the economic, natural and social environment.
Target groups:
Students and researchers who are developing their research plan or who are interested in setting up a new commercial venture
Graduate students and researchers who are engaging in research and innovation wishing to exploit the commercial impact of their research
HEI administrators who support researchers on their research
Upper Management of HEIs (Board of Trustees, Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Deans)
Policy Makers and Top Administrators who support Research & Development in other Institutions, such as; R&D Business/Industry Departments; Technology Parks; Technology Transfer Offices; local management offices of Governmental Organizations/Ministries engaged in Research, Technology & Innovation; Development Agencies; Chambers of Industry and Commerce; NGOs and Associations of Business/Industry people (ex. Young Entrepreneurs, Export associations, etc) and identified EILs Associated Partners.
Training materials:
Toolkit 6
Learning outcomes:
Understand how innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration adapt to the digital environment;
Identify the tools, skills and competencies needed to compete in a digital environment;
Identify the stakeholders with whom they can collaborate for a successful business journey.
Target groups:
Students, researchers and other youngster who aim to develop a business or a spin-off in a digital environment;
Non-academic staff who support research activities and need to develop their digital, collaborative and entrepreneurial skills.
Training materials:
STEP 3: GET CERTIFIED AND TAKE THE POST-ASSESSMENT SURVEYS