InnoChange

InnoChange: Driving Change and Capacity Building Towards Innovative, Entrepreneurial Universities

EIT HEI Initiative
Beneficiaries: Eötvös Loránd Unviersity (consortium leader), Babeș-Bolyai University, Heriot-Watt University, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Fil Rouge Capital, Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, Startup Wise Guys Foundation, GE Healthcare Hungary, Campden BRI Hungary
Funding: 1 200 000 EUR
Launch date: 1 July 2021
Completion date: 31 July 2023

InnoChange aims to increase the entrepreneurial and innovation capacity and attitude of higher education institutions (HEIs) and to strengthen and better integrate into and engage with innovation ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe. The project brings together HEIs from various innovation backgrounds and triggers and links various ecosystems at universities and industry for the benefit of digital transformation. A key impact will be to significantly advance the capacity of HEIs in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The project also aims to create a sustainable innovation management structure with a well-defined framework for innovation, which is supported by a mature innovation culture of transforming ideas into products. Entrepreneurship could be seen as a key transversal competence relevant to all researchers regardless of whether they are interested in setting up a business. Training non-academic staff will enable them to sharpen processes and other key factors that together will bring substantial improvement in tech transfer practices.