D6.1 RUN-EU Plus Innovation Ecosystem

Abstract

The RUN European University Innovation Ecosystem will promote a knowledge sharing approach and knowledge transfer capacity, valorising the entrepreneurial mind-set amongst our researchers and innovators. Building on innovative partnerships between RUN-EU researchers and industry partners and other stakeholders, the aim is to remove existing obstacles to innovation and revolutionize the way the public and private sector work together to bring research developments and advancements to the marketplace for societal benefit. Since its launch in 2020, the RUN-EU Erasmus+ project (grant agreement no. 101004068) has already developed key pillars of this innovation ecosystem which include the introduction of 3 innovation hubs and 8 themed research clusters. This document presents these already established key elements in addition to a review of the current innovation capacity of the RUN-EU partner institutions which was undertaken by the RUN-EU PLUS Horizon 2020 project (grant agreement no. 101035816). It proposes an Innovation Capacity Programme and a governance structure which will build the RUN-EU Innovation Ecosystem as a pan-European ecosystem of innovation embedded in all RUN-EU partner regions and allows pan-European collaboration in business, research, and education as a vehicle of regional development.