RUN-InnoBoost

The aim of the RUN-InnoBoost project is to boost RUN-EU Innovation Hubs as interregional innovation and entrepreneurship networks through targeted activities that enhance our students’ and staff’s entrepreneurial capacity, establish interregional innovation pipelines, and create organisational structures that facilitate business creation. This project will leverage and expand existing and planned RUN-EU initiatives and creates a tangible pipelines in the form of Living Labs between knowledge creation, innovation capacity building, and knowledge valorisation. The project’s thematic focus would align with the strategic objectives of EIT Food and EIT Digital.

The project achieves these objectives via blended educational activities, such as RUN-InnoBootCamps for students, and specific trainings for researchers and teachers in the areas of bioeconomy, food systems, digital and future industries. We will also conduct extensive mapping and benchmarking of existing knowledge valorisation structures within RUN-EU partners for the purpose exchanging best practices and harmonising structures. The educational activities and the improved institutional structures will feed into the establishment of Living Labs for business creation and start-up support. The operational model for the Living Labs will be created and developed during the project and the model will scaled up within RUN-EU to form transdisciplinary Hubs around the existing RUN-EU Innovation Hubs. The Living Labs will include mentoring programmes, business partnerships, and business coaching and services. In addition, the Living Labs will include a platform for interregional internships for RUN-EU students which facilitates further knowledge triangle integration across borders.

The RUN-InnoBoost project activities target our students, researchers, teachers, industry members, regional SMEs, and other regional stakeholders. The activities are designed to engage all these target groups to achieve our objectives and the objectives of the EIT-HEI Initiative. Furthermore, we have brought in a professional communications partners to ensure professional communications materials, and channels for maximum stakeholder engagements. Our Pioneer group will also actively participate in EIT Community work and events to further disseminate the project’s impact.