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VŠCHT PrahaÚstav ekonomiky a managementu O nás Věda a výzkum SFF Deep Teach Valleys – STEM2Venture Pathway

SFF Deep Teach Valleys – STEM2Venture Pathway

SFF Deep Teach Valleys – STEM2Venture Pathway

EIT HEI Initiative · Call 2025 · Topic 1 – STEM Capacity Building

1. 9. 2026 – 31. 8. 2028

Contact: doc. Lenka Švecová

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The SFF Deep Teach Valleys – STEM2Venture Pathway project supports the development of entrepreneurial competences in STEM and helps connect research with the business environment. It focuses on STEM students, researchers, academic staff, and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Office (TTO/KTO) staff.

The project brings together 9 partners from 9 European countries and, through a shared Open STEM-Incubator, creates opportunities to support new entrepreneurial ideas, validate them and further develop their potential. The project also aims to strengthen local STEM ecosystems and cooperation between universities, research organisations and other relevant stakeholders.

What the project will deliver

The project focuses on four main areas:

  • Entrepreneurial education – developing and delivering training modules for students, researchers and academic staff.
  • Research entrepreneurship – practical activities focused on team formation, idea validation and assessing their potential for further development.
  • Open STEM-Incubator – shared support for the creation and development of new ventures and start-ups.
  • Research commercialisation – support for intellectual property management, identification of research results with commercial potential, and development of services for TTO/KTO staff.

The long-term goal is to establish sustainable educational opportunities and an open STEM incubator that will continue to be used beyond the end of the project.

Role of UCT Prague

University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT Prague) leads WP2 – Student Education. Its role is to coordinate student education, develop new educational content and connect it with the EntreComp framework for entrepreneurial competences. The project will also create opportunities for students with high potential to progress to further activities focused on entrepreneurship and the development of research-based ideas.

Expected results in numbers

5,000
participants in training activities

35
start-ups supported

12
start-ups established

8
new or improved structures

8
new partnerships

The project also aims to bring 8 innovations to the market, each generating at least €10,000 in revenue, and to support 5 start-ups in achieving at least €10,000 in transactions or significant investment.

Consortium

The project brings together 9 partners from 9 European countries: Greece, Czechia, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Belgium.