Boosting innovation and entrepreneurship capacity in higher education
Boosting innovation and entrepreneurship capacity in higher education
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What is the EIT's Higher Education Initiative?
Empower, transform and thrive in higher education
The EIT Higher Education Initiative is a joint activity of the EIT community, which recognises higher education institutions (HEIs) as the pivotal actors in regional and European innovation ecosystems.
The EIT Higher Education Initiative is uniquely designed to enhance the innovation capacity and entrepreneurial mindset of HEIs and foster collaboration between academia, industry, research institutions, public authorities and governmental organisations. Through competitive calls for proposals, the initiative offers non-reimbursable grants to consortia formed by HEIs and their partners to work on innovation and entrepreneurship, but also on other dimensions of strategic interest for Europe, such as deep tech.
Testimonials
After the successful pilot phase, training over 40 000 students and staff, I am eager to see what this initiative will achieve with a broader reach and more partners.
Testimonials
With hundreds of project partners across Europe and beyond, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and its HEI Initiative can help ensure that Europe plays a centre-stage role in the global innovation ecosystem.
Testimonials
During these first months with the EIT, we have been feeling very supported. They have been caring and helpful with onboarding us into the EIT procedures.
Testimonials
INVENTHEI has impacted our community by enlarging and modernising our entrepreneurship training, reinforcing academia-business networks, and exposing our students and staff to prominent innovation ecosystems.
Testimonials
The agile EIT HEI Initiative team and RiEcoLab allow us to implement institutional change and build innovation capacity, while positioning our HEIs as ecosystem integration labs for spin-offs, start-ups and scale-ups.
Latest news
EIT Higher Education Initiative announces new Call for Proposals in late 2025
EIT Awards €63 Million To Boost Innovation Capacity In Higher Education
