Are you ready to apply your academic insights to industrial R&I and business challenges? Do not miss this opportunity to be part of a unique initiative driving collaboration between academia and industry!
The EU-funded INDUSAC project brings together international teams of students, researchers, and companies to co-create innovative and actionable solutions across four areas: circularity, general sustainability, digitalisation, and industry 4.0.
Why participate?
- Apply your theoretical knowledge and creativity to address practical challenges in the industry context;
- Work hand in hand with international peers and industry professionals for 4-8 weeks and gain insight into industry processes, challenges, and trends;
- Develop your skills and build your network across disciplines and sectors;
- Contribute to innovative solutions for the green and digital industry transformation.
How to apply?
A rolling application call is now open with multiple cut-off dates for
- University students and researchers to apply and form co-creation teams – next deadlines 30 January, 28 February, 31 March 2025 and last deadline 15 April 2025
- Companies to submit their challenges – next and last deadline 15 March 2025
More information about the application, submission, and implementation of the co-creation projects is available on the INDUSAC website.
Background information on the INDUSAC project
Coordinated by the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, the INDUSAC project is developing and validating a state-of-the art industry-academia collaboration mechanism for short-term challenge-driven co-creation.
The project focuses on two main components:
⮚ The INDUSAC platform is built upon pre-existing industry-academia collaboration mechanisms such as the European Institute of Innovation & Technology and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities and aims to facilitate a user-friendly co-creation process. It allows the development of solutions that clearly take into account the needs and interests of companies, students, and researchers in the EU.
⮚ The INDUSAC methodology aims to facilitate the creation of company, student, and researcher teams by matching industry needs with students and researchers interests and skills. The methodology builds on existing co-creation approaches and offers guidance packages, as well as processes and tools for its smooth functioning. It provides detailed user journey maps
The INDUSAC project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under grant agreement No 101070297.