University to Receive 5.6 Million Roubles to Support Student Start-Ups

The results of the competition organized by ANO University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform for accelerator programs in 2023 have been published. Samara University is among the 151 winners of the project. The finalists of the competition organize accelerator programs, which are designed to support project teams and student initiatives to form innovative products.

Federal project University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform seeks to unlock the entrepreneurial potential in young people and train professionals in the field of technological entrepreneurship. University-based acceleration programs are designed to improve the idea of student teams and strengthen their competencies. The programs consist of lectures, workshops, networking and meetings with mentors and experts. As a result of the programs, the number and quality of student technology projects should increase at the winning universities, the entrepreneurial activities of young people should be stimulated and their research projects should find investors.

 

In Autumn 2023, the University’s Startup Center will use the 5.6 million rouble grant to implement the Space for Life accelerator program in two tracks – START and ADVANCE. Thematic STI markets will be SpaceNet, TechNet, AeroNet, EduNet, NeroNet.

“This year we plan to attract even more participants and implement more projects, namely 520 participants and 62 projects with the participation of 24 experts and 15 trackers,” said Elena Bogatova, director of the Startup Center.

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The aim of the federal project “University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform” is to create a galaxy of serial entrepreneurs, people who launch new businesses on a mass scale. The key target of the federal project is to bring 30,000 technology entrepreneurs from universities into the economy by 2030.