Deadline: 20-Jun-21
The Academia Industry Training Startups has opened the applications for AIT Colombia to innovate and develop their entrepreneurial and business skills.
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) has mandated the University of St.Gallen as Leading House for the Latin American Region to develop scientific relations and bilateral collaboration with partner institutions in Latin America.
The Academia Industry Training (AIT) is an initiative by the Leading House and the Instituto Colombiano de Crédito Educativo y Estudios Técnicos en el Exterior (ICETEX).
The AIT aims to transform high-level applied research into market applications. Entry is awarded on a competitive basis to selected projects with entrepreneurial potential.
The main objectives of the program are to help participants advance business plans, establish further contacts with the industry, and clarify intellectual property issues.
The AIT will provide the opportunity to network at an international level, to foster new partnerships and collaborations, and to have access to an emerging market.
The program is meant for Master or PhD students, PostDocs, and researchers from Swiss universities, Universities of Applied Science, and research institutes as well as centers of technological excellence with research track-record working on a non-profit basis.
The entire event will be free of charge for the 10 selected participants, including food, travel, and accommodation expenses in Switzerland and Colombia.
Aims and Objectives
- Promote innovation
- Help participants transform their research into a high-potential startup
- Augment relevant skills to take research from the lab to the marketplace
- Improve market application by developing participants’ ideas with the help of peers, experts, and potential customers
- Favor the exchange of knowledge and expertise between Switzerland and Colombia
- Provide connectivity to industry-specific, high-level researchers
- Assist engagement between researchers and entrepreneurs to understand new market opportunities and exploit new synergies
- Incentivize transfer of know-how
- Provide researchers the tools needed for better understanding industry environment
- Deliver interactive workshops on entrepreneurship, business plan writing, intellectual property, market entry scenarios, funding strategies, and pitching
- Encourage best business practices and social impact
- Induce an entrepreneurial spirit
- Promote networks to foster new partnerships and collaborations
- Accessibility to a wide, international network of peers, mentors, and industry experts
- Support young scientists in establishing first partnerships with industry and potential investors
- Maximize contact with top scientists from key institutions
Funding Information
- 10 Swiss startups will be chosen, and the Innovation Grant of CHF 10,000 will be awarded to the most promising Swiss research breakthrough project on the last day of the Colombia Camp in February 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a Swiss citizen or foreigner with a residence permit
- Have minimum a Master’s degree in any area of scientific knowledge
- Proof of English proficiency
- Provide a Curriculum Vitae
- Be affiliated to a Swiss University, University of Applied Science, or research institute
For more information, visit https://www.aitstartups.org/copy-of-ait-brazil-1