We are thrilled to announce that the EIT Higher Education Initiative has awarded the TECH2X project funding as part of their Call for Proposals 2024.
TECH2X – Technology for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Excellence is a 2-year project coordinated by Esade’s Rambla of Innovation, with partners from University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna), inno.space – Design Factory Mannheim at Hochschule Mannheim, the METU Design Factory at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University, CERN IdeaSquare – the innovation space at CERN, and Almacube , which aims to boost the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity of the consortium’s HEIs to foster deep tech talent and respond to the need to transition towards the 4th generation university model.
Between now and April 2027, our core activities are:
Designing and delivering comprehensive training programs on deep tech-driven innovation for sustainable futures.
Developing structures and conditions to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship capacities among students, staff and researchers.
Enhancing structures within HEIs for people to create or develop their businesses / start-ups.
Expanding and enriching our networks and ecosystems to scale initiatives.