The main objective is to stimulate the innovation potential of two of the "Less Developed Regions" of Italy, Basilicata and Calabria, currently classified as "Regions in transition", creating a innovation ecosystem in which scientific research is carried out by universities and research centers on the territory meets the needs of citizens and public bodies to be transferred into commercial products developed and exploited by local companies with the support of experienced actors of the industrial innovation sector.
To achieve this, Tech4You focuses on science and technology areas that, better than others, represent the intersection between the needs of the territories and the skills available in local research centers: adaptation/mitigation of changes climate change and improvement of the life quality. Tech4You promotes the production of research results through start-up, open innovation, transfer of technologies and research results, business acceleration and services.
The choice of specialization areas is the engine to support the ecological, energetic and digital transition of the two regions, supporting the specificities of the territory and experimenting innovations to implement a zero impact economy, in a logic of renewable natural resources exploitation, enhanced by the bioeconomy and by protection and enhancement of the environment.
Acronym: TECH4YOU
Finanzing body: MUR, PNRR NextGenerationEU Strengthening of research structures and creation of R&D "innovation ecosystems", set up of "territorial leaders in R&D"
Starting year: January 2023
End year: December 2025
Call:
Diathema Budget : 260 k€
Partners involved: Università della Calabria (capofila), Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente della Calabria, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Ente Nazionale per il Microcredito, Entopan Innovation SRL, EIT Manufacturing SRL, RINA Consulting - CSM SpA, Techfem SpA, TIM, Biotecnomed Scarl, EPITECH Group SpA, Engineering, NTT Data Italia SpA