Turning ideas into industry impact

The EIT Higher Education Initiative helps businesses, startups and investors connect with Europe’s top universities, access funding, and bring innovations to market.

“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.”

Dr. Adrian Solomon

Coordinator, RiEcoLab project

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