EU: EIT JumpStarter 2024

Call for proposals EIT JumpStarter 2024. What is the EIT Jumpstarter? The EIT Jumpstarter is an award-winning pre-acceleration programme funded by the European Union. The programme is designed to help scientists, researchers, innovators, and idea holders validate their innovative ideas and develop business skills to create and run their start-ups in innovative industries. The programme, powered by the EIT Community, focuses on talents coming from the countries located in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, where the overall pace of innovation is moderate or modest / emerging and are, for the most part, eligible for the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme. Who are the participants? The EIT Jumpstarter creates a new European cohort of innovators; curious and eager to find solutions to some of the most pressing global intersectional challenges such as climate change, the energy crisis, access to raw materials, health, well-being and active ageing, sustainable manufacturing or smart and liveable cities. Very often they have the necessary scientific background and research experience, but they lack business skills or have never validated their idea on the market. During the seven-month-long programme, the participants are equipped with a unique business skill set that is a must for future entrepreneurs, including business...