NOVA University Lisbon and Galp will promote, over the next three years, the development of new solutions in the field of clean and renewable energies by students, faculty and researchers gathered in the first interdisciplinary community of the University, called "Zero Carbon Energy". Through a protocol signed this Thursday by the two institutions, NOVA places all its know-how and its community at the service of the industry to find alternatives that can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, through a process of decarbonization, meeting the European Union's goals of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. In this domain, research projects will be developed in areas such as Renewable Energies, Mobility and Batteries. In the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, the multidisciplinary community of NOVA students and researchers will be called to participate in idea competitions, hackathons and in the development of proofs of concept, in response to challenges launched by Galp aligned with the sustainable development goals. The protocol signing ceremony was attended, on the side of NOVA, by the Rector, João Sàágua, and the Vice-Rector, Isabel Rocha, and, on the side of Galp, by Georgios Papadimitriou, Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee, COO Renewables & New Businesses, and by Ana Casaca, Global Head of Innovation. Isabel Rocha, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Value Creation, said that "Sustainability is one of the central pillars of NOVA and being able to contribute with our research excellence to find greener alternatives in the energy field is the certainty that we are creating value for our community. It is time for us to act with solutions based on the best science and technology. This is also the role of academia and NOVA in particular". In turn, Ana Casaca, Global Head of Innovation at Galp, added that "Half of the technologies that will help us decarbonise the world and make the energy transition are not yet known or tested. Collaboration with universities and the expansion of our innovation ecosystem is essential for Galp to overcome these technological challenges, thus being closer to the goal of carbon neutrality in 2050 and the democratisation of sustainable and inclusive energy solutions demanded by society." In addition to areas related to research and innovation, this protocol will enable the development of joint initiatives in the area of education, as well as the promotion of talent and employment in the energy sector.

On the 10th of November 2022, another edition of the Born from Knowledge – Ideas (BfK) programme, from ANI (National Innovation Agency), took place in Porto. BfK Ideas is the contest that gathers the best business ideas "born from knowledge" in science and/or technology. The Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, had the presence of the ColoRIR team, formed by ENSP students Andreia Ferreira, Jeanete Calderon and Joana Osório, who had the opportunity to participate in the digital immersion programme in October and also in the final event where they presented their pitch at the Congress Centre of Alfândega do Porto, in the category "health and wellbeing". Despite not being one of the winning teams, the ColoRIR team highlights the learning process and the feedback received, in their testimonial about the participation experience:

"The experience was very positive, we received very constructive feedback and felt immense support from both our mentor and the entire ANI organisation. None of this would have been possible without the recommendation of the NOVA ImpACT office that has been accompanying us and encouraging us to participate in programmes that value innovative business ideas and guide and promote them."

Remember that the ColoRIR team was one of the winning teams of the NOVA impACT Challenges!, initiative that took place during 3 weeks in July and that promotes the acceleration of projects based on the creation of prototypes.

Online course in entrepreneurship   NOVA University Lisbon has launched its first online course on entrepreneurship, entitled "Academia de Empreendedorismo" (Entrepreneurship Academy). Accessible to all interested parties and available through the NAU platform, managed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the course is completely free and open to anyone wishing to develop an innovative project and acquire management skills. It is a free, short course, to be done at one's own pace, taught in Portuguese and aimed not only at university students, but to all those who want to learn more about how to manage their own professional projects. At the end, students can receive an academic credit (ECTS). Step by step, the best faculty from different Schools of NOVA reveal basic concepts of entrepreneurship and invite founders of startups to share their experiences. The Entrepreneurship Academy is structured in six modules, with several classes that range from knowing how to make a business plan and/or an adequate pitch to different interlocutors, approach clients and partners, set prices, identify opportunities to finance the project, protect copyrights and intellectual property, identify team profiles according to the type of project or understand the legal principles to create a company. Each class lasts between five and ten minutes, for a total of eighteen classes.

REGISTRATIONS

Registrations are open on the following website: Curso Academia de Empreendedorismo Deadline for registrations - 22 December. The course can be completed by 29 December, 2022.

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Contact novaimpact@unl.pt This course is co-funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan by the European Union.

The University was recently distinguished at European level as "Young Entrepreneurial University of the Year". (more…)

July 28th, 2022, at the NOVA Innovation and Analytics Lab @ NOVA IMS was the day eight teams fought for a place in the grand stage of Stage Two! The teams participated in the NOVA Start-up Competition where only one winner could be selected to represent NOVA University Lisbon in October, in Berlin. With a lot of great pitches and interventions from our Jury, the session was intense and the winner hard to choose. Congratulations to all participants and specially to eBreathie for winning the competition and being NOVA University Lisbon great representatives. The other teams that were also competing were:

• Surf Eye
• AdaptionLab
• Sea!D
• Inspira Legal
• Mellody
• Zarela
• Connactive

The Jury was composed of:

• Pedro Almeida, Senior Associate of Armilar Ventures
• António Martinez, Investment Manager at Portugal Ventures
• Pedro Saraiva, Dean of Nova IMS

On July 15th, we held the NOVA impACT! Challenges Demo Day where we got to see the fantastic results of the three week acceleration program. We were so thrilled with so many amazing projects we couldn't just pick one winner: so we picked two! Congratulations to Mellody and ColoRIR for winning a cash prize of 2.000€. The NOVA impACT! Challenges competition is a program created by the NOVA Impact office together with Santander Universidades to give teams the opportunity to take their innovative projects out of the paper. During 3 weeks, together with a team of experts and mentors, the program helps you to accelerate your project and develop a prototype.  

NOVA University Lisbon was awarded "Young Entrepreneurial University of the Year" by the Accreditation for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), during the Triple E Awards ceremony, which took place in Florence. This is the first time, in Europe, that a higher education institution is distinguished for its role in the creation of value in society, through innovation. NOVA was among the five finalists chosen by a specialized jury. Through its students, alumni and researchers, NOVA has created more than 100 startups. Every year, more than 2500 students get involved in activities related to entrepreneurship, and there are 19 spin-offs recognised by NOVA that are responsible for the creation of more than 165 jobs.

In order to raise awareness amongst the NOVA community regarding the potentialities of IP and IP rights, NOVA Impact hosted an event on this topic. It gathered scientists, researchers and other academic and non-academic staff together to learn about the importance of IP in their works and projects, as well as to provide them with some basic knowledge on some technicalities regarding the protection of their inventions. There was also a presentation on NOVA's policies and internal procedures, whilst providing some insights on best practices and other useful tips. The event was structured following a parallel technical workshop (WS) approach, according to the participants’ field of knowledge and preference. stimulating fruitful discussions regarding the actual challenges that scientists, researchers and other academic and non-academic staff face when managing their projects, IP portfolio and knowledge transfer strategies. This has been a great opportunity to stimulate faculty in engaging with experts on this field, namely patent attorneys. A big special thanks to J. Pereira da Cruz who partnered with us to host this event.

In this 2nd edition of the prestigious awards, NOVA is part of the list of finalists in the "Young Entrepreneurial University of the Year Award" category - but that's not all (more…)

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AquaInSilico, a NOVA Spin-off® company, together with Frontier IP Group, has won an Innovation and Business Development Award granted by the UK Department for International Trade in Portugal. The prizes were delivered by Chris Barton, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Europe, along with Christopher Sainty, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal, in an event at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Lisbon, on March 10th, 2022.

NOVA University Lisbon is part of the Pan-European Seal Network and has recently extended the Pan-European Seal Traineeship Programme, jointly offered by Europe’s largest Intellectual Property (IP) organizations – the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). This traineeship program provides young graduates and high-performance university students, in their final year of studies, as well as Ph.D. candidates, with access to 12-month paid traineeships at the EPO, in Munich, Germany, or at the EUIPO, in Alicante, Spain, contributing to their insertion in the competitive world of IP through an enriching multicultural professional experience, advanced training and teamwork. As such, more than 50 students from NOVA, coming from seven of its Organic Units, applied the Pan-European Seal Traineeship Programme. The selection process was conducted by the NOVA Impact office, resulting in a total of 24 students nominated to the EPO and 26 to the EUIPO. As trainees at the EPO and the EUIPO, high-achieving university graduates will undertake challenging assignments in a range of departments. Through a combination of on-the-job work experience and professional training, trainees will have the opportunity to learn, develop skills and increase employability within their specific area of competence over the course of one year. There is a wide range of opportunities for several fields of knowledge such as Law, Science & Engineering, Political Sciences, International Relations, Linguistics, Economics, Business Administration/Entrepreneurship, Information Technology and, Communication. For more information about this programme, follow NOVA Impact on LinkedIn to be the first to know about new opportunities.

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The Pan European Seal Professional Traineeship Programme is a paid internship programme offered by the EPO (European Patent Office) and the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) for students and alumni of some of the largest European colleges/universities.

NOVA has partnered up with EPO and EUIPO and is inviting its students and recent alumni to participate in this programme and experience what it is like to work for 12 month in an intellectual property office.

The EPO, in Munich, and the EUIPO, in Alicante, are looking for graduates for the 2022/2023 vacancies.

Applications open until February 22th, 2022!

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10 impactful projects compete to solve NOVA's proposed challenges with the support of Santander Universities (more…)

The NOVA impACT! Challenges is back. Through this program, NOVA University Lisbon and Santander Bank, want to leverage the knowledge, innovation and creativity at the service of society and support the development of 10 innovative solutions, easy to implement and of global impact, to respond to the societal and environmental challenges identified in the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

An application that transforms mobile phone data into a source of income and a team that develops innovative solutions based on faecal microbiota, were the winners of this year's NOVA STARTUP Competition, a competition for innovative projects promoted by NOVA University. Modatta and YourBiome, represented by their co-founders Rodrigo Moretti and Daniel Neves, respectively, were considered the two best teams by the jury composed by the Pro-Rector of NOVA for the areas of Entrepreneurship of Social and Economic Value Creation, Professor Isabel Rocha, João Martins (Program Manager, Indico Capital Partners) and Pedro Castel Branco (Senior Associate, Armilar). The Modatta and YourBiome teams will now represent NOVA at Stage Two, scheduled for the month of October in Berlin, where they will have the opportunity to present their project to potential investors, meet the best teams of entrepreneurs from European universities and achieve international visibility. The Final, which took place on July 30, brought together 9 teams in competition: Intuitivo, YourBiome, eBreathie, Modatta, Preflet, AdaptionLab, BINDIN, Glooma and nøytrall.

On the 8th of July, the Rectorate of the NOVA University Lisbon hosted the NOVA Innovation Day. knowledge-based value, through collaborations with the business and social representatives. The Rector, Prof. João Sàágua, opened the ceremony followed by the Pro-Rector, Prof. Isabel Rocha, who summarized the main points of action of the University in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and value creation and presented the NOVA Innovation digital platform that brings together, in an easily accessible virtual space, the main initiatives and activities related to the Third Mission of the University. Click here to see some Innovation Facts and Figures at NOVA The program continued with two roundtables session, to share the knowledge and experiences. The first focused on Technology Transfer and University-Business Relations, moderated by Pedro Saraiva, Director of NOVA IMS, with speakers Nuno Prego Ramos, CEO CellmAbs (NOVA Spin-off), João Paulo Oliveira, Co-CEO, BiLD Analytics (NOVA Spin-off), and Nuno Coelho, CEO A4F-AlgaFuel & Vice President CoLab BIOREF. The second roundtable, dedicated to the Transfer of Knowledge and Impact on Society, was moderated by Hélder Lopes, from the NOVA Impact Office, and included Jorge Portugal, COTEC General Director, Cristina Ventura, Public Policy Manager, Roche Portugal, Henrique Silveira, Professor at IHMT, Joana Castro e Costa, Executive Director, Nova SBE Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center, and Luís Baptista, President of INNO – NOVA Social Innovation Center. The President of ANI – National Innovation Agency, Joana Mendonça, was responsible for the closing session. Review the event here

The Campolide Campus Day was celebrated today with the presentation of the concept for the new campus. (more…)

The Rector of NOVA University Lisbon, João Sàágua, stated that the collaborative laboratory (CoLab) InnovPlantProtect (InPP), is an ally of sustainability in agricultural production, as it has been developing innovative solutions to protect crops from pests and diseases. It was in an interview with Vida Rural magazine that the Rector of NOVA spoke about the importance of this CoLab installed in Elvas, which is coordinated by NOVA. (more…)