EIT Digital 2021 Call is open! (submissions until 7 May 2020)
EIT Digital launches the construction of the ‘EIT Digital 2021’ activities and accepts submissions until May 7, 2020. EIT Digital 2021 is aimed at
- entrepreneurial minds planning to launch a digital tech startup or product (Innovation Factory),
- educator minds planning to deliver entrepreneurial digital tech education programmes (Entrepreneurial Academy).
All proposals must contribute to one of the Strategic areas of EIT Digital:
- Digital Tech - secure IoT, data sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence based solutions
- Digital Cities - “city as a data platform” based solutions for sustainable cities
- Digital Industry - data platform-based sustainable digital industry solutions
- Digital Wellbeing - solutions for quality of life improvement through sensing and data analysis
- Digital Finance - sovereign embedded payment solutions in digital finance
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EIT Digital Innovation Factory
EIT Digital Innovation Factory supports startup creation and MVP (Minimum Viable Product) launch
Startup creation proposal may request:
- EUR 600k;
- Time frame for the project is 1 calendar year;
- consortia typically 2 to 5;
- the required minimum co-funding is 40%;
- with the new rule of EIT Digital they request equity from the created startups that will be diluted as most investors are engaged with the startup
Product launch proposal may request:
- EUR 400k;
- Time frame for the project is 1 calendar year;
- consortia typically 2 to 5;
- the required minimum co-funding is 40%;
- with the new rule of EIT Digital they request financial return up until five years after the completion of the activity
EIT Digital Entrepreneurial Academy
This year the focuse is on EIT Digital Master School, EIT Digital Professional School and EIT Digital Summer School
EIT Digital is seeking proposals for joining existing Master programmes
The proposals for new entries/exits will be reviewed in terms of how well they integrate with the existing education offering of the EIT Digital Master School. Evaluation criteria will include, but will not be limited to course content, location, potentials to attract students, opportunities for internships and characteristics of the local ecosystem. Proposals for new entries should have the potential to enrol at least 15 students in the first year of operation, with a possible yearly increase. Proposals for new exits should have the potential to enrol at least 10 students in the first year of operation, with a possible yearly increase. The proposal must outline specification plans to meet those recruitment targets.
The EIT Digital Professional School provides courses in collaboration with Partners who commit into a 3-year collaboration with EIT Digital Professional School. During the first year, the course is developed and deployed for the first time. During the next two years, the course is deployed several times (at least 4 times). The revenues generated are shared by EIT Digital and the involved Partners.
Professional School blended courses combine online (eLearning and/or mobileLearning) with face to face classes. EIT Digital uses a format where online modules are offered before the face to face seminar. The online modules typically correspond up to 5 ECTS, and the face to face seminars are 1-5 days. The online modules and face to face classes should reflect real business development experiences, digital transformation applications and technology aimed at business cases. Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) is one characteristic subject in the Professional School courses.
The Summer Schools are open to EIT Digital Master School students and external participants, i.e. students from non-partner and partner universities and professionals from non-partner and partner companies/organisations. Local Summer School organisers are encouraged to be active in engaging non-EIT Digital students and industry professionals to join the Summer Schools.
One of the main targets is to increase local impact through stronger local engagement; to this end, local companies and universities are invited to collaborate with the local Summer School organisers. There may be several Summer Schools running in parallel in one location.
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