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EIT HEI Initiative

Unlocking the potential of higher education institutions for innovation and entrepreneurship

What is the EIT’s HEI Initiative

The EIT’s HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education is a joint EIT Community activity coordinated by EIT RawMaterials. The initiative is a key objective for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as part of its new strategy, the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021−2027. The initiative aims to support higher education institutions with expertise and coaching, access to the EIT innovation ecosystem, and funding, enabling them to develop innovation action plans complementing the needs of individual higher education institutions.

Industrial change
Institutional change
Partnerships
Partnerships
Innovation
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge sharing
EIT’s HEI Initiative main phase

The first three years of the EIT’s HEI Initiative, 2021−2023, have been designated as the pilot Phase, which will be followed by the main phase − 2024−2027.

EIT HEI Initiative annual calls for proposals

The EIT’s HEI Initiative organises annual calls for proposals, inviting European higher education institutions to design institution-wide action plans that will improve their entrepreneurial and innovation capacity across all institutional levels. By supporting such activities, this new EIT initiative will create systemic impact, empowering HEIs to become regional engines of innovation and foster sustainable growth and jobs across Europe.

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