The SURES (Start-Ups for Research) Programme will encourage entrepreneurship and support the creation of innovative start-ups in the field of Sustainable Agriculture, Green Biotechnology and Environmental and Life Sciences through the establishment of start-up incubators in each of the 8 JRC Research Units.
SURES will be implemented by launching calls for proposals open to members of the UNIgreen Academic Community, who willsubmit proposalsto the JRC Committee.Supported by Teaching, Research & InnovationSupport Office and the International & Project Office, JRC Committee members will monitor opportunities to create start-ups thanks to a continuous evaluation and follow-up of the projects developed by UNIgreen students and young researchers/scientists.
In other words, SURES will bring together the UNIgreen JRC and the Teaching, Research & Innovation Support Office to reach out to students at different levels.
Specifically, the JRC will identify advanced projects that are aligned with its strategical axis and will share their knowledge and know-how and the technological facilities required for the development of a start-up. Moreover, support for SURES participants (entrepreneurs) will also cover the development of their soft skills and transversal competences, in a collaboration with the Knowledge Transfer & Society Office to organise special editions of the Skills and Mentoring Labs. Moreover, the Knowledge Transfer & Society Office will provide technical support to start-up development (e.g., facilities and organisational guidelines).