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Future Innovators – A Helmholtz Transfer Academy

To strengthen technology transfer, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)) and the German Electron Synchrotron (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; DESY) are launching Future Innovators – A Helmholtz Transfer Academy. The aim is to integrate entrepreneurial thinking and actions into scientific projects at an early stage, so that successful applications in industry can emerge more quickly from research.

The program is primarily designed for researchers, helping them develope transferable ideas for their scientific topics. By inspiring and educating scientists, we are fostering a transfer culture that will become an integral part of everyday scientific life within the DNA of the Helmholtz Association’s centers.

We have structured our program into three modules, held in a regular cycle, which can be joined at any time:

1. Introduction module: About Innovators and Innovation
2. Bootcamp: Hightech Design Sprint
3. Workshop: Application Discovery

DLR is responsible for the consortium management of Future Innovators.