EIT Community COVID-19 response During the current COVID-19 outbreak, EIT RawMaterials Academy is working to provide students on EIT-Labelled Master Programmes with as much support as possible in these challenging times. Teaching and assessment on the six programmes have moved online, but many students face difficult circumstances, having moved to another country or continent to [...]
New Master Programme in Mineral Exploration Geology will be added to the EIT RawMaterials Academy portfolio The EIT RawMaterials Academy will add a new Master Programme in Mineral Exploration Geology to its Master School. A new programme will fill be a great addition to the existing portfolio of the EIT-Labelled [...]
Rare earth elements for green energy transition and climate-neutral Europe Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are critical materials for green energy transition and reaching climate neutrality by 2050 in Europe. Most decarbonisation technologies like electric vehicles, vehicles based on fuel cells and wind turbines require REEs as critical components. Electric vehicles will only unleash their full [...]
Zero waste recovery of copper tailings in the East and Southeast Europe The RIS-CuRE innovation project supported by EIT RawMaterials aims at establishing a network of copper value chain stakeholders in the East and Southeast Europe (ESEE) to promote an innovative service for the zero waste extraction of metals (Cu, Ag, As, Au, and REE) [...]
Promoting innovation and new skills for the achievement of the UN SDGs The EnAct-SDGs project aims to create a dynamic network of universities, research institutes, industry and professionals to develop a roadmap to a modernised education. The project aims to promote innovation and new skills for sustainable development among the [...]
The EIT RawMaterials Start-up & SME Booster Programme is one of the EIT RawMaterials business creation funding instruments dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs. Besides to the existing initiatives, EIT RawMaterials has recently launched Booster Call in response to the COVID-19 crisis to provide support to high-impact and growth potential start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs during the [...]
Fairphone is fighting against a market trend where the average phone is replaced every 18 months, creating a substantial environmental impact.
Supporting entrepreneurs addressing water scarcity challenge in Southern Europe Deadline extended to 15 June! The initiative seeks to promote 30 businesses that, through technological and social innovations as well as new services, provide tools to face the increasing issue of water access. The programme will provide training and mentoring, as [...]
Strengthening university-business cooperation to improve the impact of the raw materials ecosystem in the ESEE and Baltic regions EIT RawMaterials has launched its University Business Cooperation capacity building programme with an online workshop for universities from the Eastern and South-Eastern European (ESEE) and Baltic regions which are connected to the [...]
Top level professional training and coaching on advanced tech transfer, IP and innovation management RMTechFlow is an education project supported by EIT RawMaterials with the aim of supporting the acceleration towards the market of technologies and IP developed within the EIT RawMaterials Innovation Community. Coordinated by six EIT RawMaterials partners from all three sides [...]
