Innovation is key to a successful growth strategy, but how to embrace it ? How to build and feed your innovation pipeline ?

KNOVA is a partnership acceleration program to have companies harness academia as a source of innovation. Discover the potential of academia in innovation, maximize the impact of opportunities, benefit from a vibrant and unique ecosystem of startups, corporates, SMEs, and other research institutes.

The program 

This one year program guides your explorations to find the way to get the most out of the EPFL ecosystem. You will be challenged and will exchange continuously with our innovation team and EPFL innovation community.

At the end of the program you will have:

• Pinpointed the part of your open innovation strategy you can develop with academia/research institutes
• Identified and launched innovation projects, acquired new knowledge, explored IP licensing and access to new talents to grow the competitiveness of your company
• Been continuously exposed to our ecosystem to grow your network and create new business opportunities with startups, corporates, and SMEs

Be a part of the EPFL ecosystem, Build innovation projects, Boost your knowledge.

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