INVENTHEI IS DEEPINVENTHEI'S PAST
ABOUT INVENTHEI
INVENTHEI envisions that by 2025 a critical mass of highly educated young entrepreneurs and innovators will be trained by the participating higher education institutions (HEIs), contributing to the emergence of highly dynamic innovation districts and favouring the setup or inshore of knowledge-intensive companies offering cutting edge technologies, added-value products and services, and innovative business models. Innovation districts also have enhanced capacity to provide students with new ideas, skills and entrepreneurial talent. Students are the new generation of professionals, but they can also be trained and encouraged to become innovators and entrepreneurs, contributing to the creation of jobs and economic growth.
APPROACH & IMPACT
Anchors
HEIs as leading-edge anchors to innovation districts, clustering companies and connecting with start-ups and society, business incubators and accelerators.
Pillars
IVAP built around 3 dimensions: Learning and Mentoring programmes (education pillar), Learning and Teaching structures (innovation pillar) and Learning and Collaboration (business pillar).
Strategy
Build on existing practices, knowledge and research facilities to guarantee a critical mass of highly educated young innovators and entrepreneurs and foster a European Network of innovation-driven research ecosystems. Methodology inspired by the “Lean start-up” will be used for the definition and implementation of the Innovation Vision Action Plan.
Action Approaches
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(A1) Enhance the scale and scope of student engagement activities with research and business (domain 1), in the learning and mentoring pillar.
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(A2) Develop inter- and multi-disciplinary support structures, testbeds and other structures to foster innovation (domain 1), in the learning and teaching structures pillar.
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(A3) Establish new collaborations and enhance the nature, content and types of collaborations with external partners, including businesses, research organisations, governmental bodies, NGOs and other societal partners (domain 2), in the learning and collaboration pillar.
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(A4) Create structures and conditions for innovation-driven research (domain 3), in the learning and teaching structures pillar.
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(A5) Develop innovation and entrepreneurial training programmes and mentoring schemes for staff and students (domain 4), in the learning and mentoring pillar.
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(A6) Organize internships in business (domain 4), in the learning and collaboration pillar.
Pillars
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Learning and Mentoring programmes, focused on training, mentoring and engagement of students and staff (education pillar).
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Learning and Teaching structures, focused on providing testbeds and innovation driven research (innovation pillar).
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Learning and Collaboration, focused on programs for collaboration and exchange between industry, research and academia (business pillar).