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10 Dec 2020 | News
EIT to increase its focus on education and less innovative regions from 2021
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology awards its best innovators as director Martin Kern tells Science|Business about future plans in the upcoming Horizon Europe research programme
EIT Director Martin Kern. Photo: EIT.
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is to scale up education initiatives and work on broadening its geographical reach in the EU’s upcoming Horizon Europe research programme, EIT director Martin Kern told Science|Business.
EIT is still waiting for EU policymakers to sort out the final details of its mandate in Horizon Europe, but the direction is already clear, Kern said. On education, EIT will boost cooperation with universities starting in 2021. The aim is to help graduates acquire targeted innovation skills, “and also deliver the skills that students need to become entrepreneurs themselves,” he said.