Pathways to Impact

Course information

Pathways to Impact of EIT Food will provide an introduction and starting tools on how to change the world by using your PhD research. Join us, if you are motivated to:

Learn how to change the world using your research
Get an introduction to technology commercialisation
Dive into EIT Food network of leading academic & industry partners
Bring entrepreneurial skills into your work & boost your future career

With our course, you will be able to :

Evaluate your entrepreneurial skills
Communicate how you create value & impact society with your research
Gain skills and mindset to modify your pitches for different occasions
Have an in-depth understanding of the nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas

This programme is for Talented PhD students from across Europe and globally.

Course level: Beginner
Course duration: 6 weeks
Start date: 16/10/2023
End date: 26/11/2023
Online
Language: English

What you learn?

You will learn the following competencies:

Entrepreneurship:
- Create opportunities for social and environmental value creation.
- Mobilise resources to create sustainable value for others.
- Design and implement effective actions to deliver impact.
Problem Solving:
- Appraise the problem space to identify current and future needs.
- Mobilise effective methodologies to generate new ideas.
- Appraise the validity of new ideas and co-create sustainable solutions.
Critical Thinking:
- Collect, analyse, interpret and report information to develop sustainable solutions to current and future challenges.
- Appraise unintended consequences of any course of action to devise ethical goals.
Communication:
- Identify, engage with and respond honestly to stakeholder needs.
- Develop strategies to deliver effective inclusive communications approaches.
- Translate complex ideas for different audiences.
Food Systems:
- Analyse the food system using a range of systems approaches to appraise current and future sustainability challenges.
- Implement innovative responses to address sustainability challenges in the food system.

Structure & Modules

Our online entrepreneurship learning is fully interactive and enables you to engage with our top-notch trainers and mentors. Pathways to Impact will not only give you access to our excellent resources, food experts, pitch trainer and coaches, but will also allow you to become part of the inspiring EIT Food community.

Next to our online interactive workshops and one-on-one sessions, the asynchronous training allows for a great flexibility and the comfort to learn at times and from locations that suit you and from your own home or workplace.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

This course will provide an introduction and starting tools on how to change the world by using your PhD research.

You will be trained by top EIT Food partners coming from higher education institutions like Cambridge University, Technical University of Munich and Aarhus University, whose expertise lies in entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialisation of academic research.

Throughout the course we will focus on following KEY TOPICS:

Pathways to Impact, Ideation, Entrepreneurs Cases, Market scoping, Problem/Solution fit, Commercialization of Innovation, IP protection, Research Impact CANVAS, Business Model CANVAS, Funding for researchers, Evaluating & Communicating your impact, Practice pitching & appreciate feedback. Additionally, you will be offered a unique mentoring experience by EIT Food partners, who will support you with your research impact creation.

IN A NUTSHELL:

You will have access to five (5) Asynchronous Modules with small assignments on the EIT Food
education learning platform CANVAS.
You will receive one-on-one mentoring over 5 weeks, from partners that have vast experience in
supporting PhDs acquiring entrepreneurial skills.
You will participate in a series of synchronous workshops so that you do not feel alone in your
journey.
You will have the experience of pitching your PhD towards the end of the course in front of an
expert panel and receive feedback from judges and peers.

Check the agenda by clicking on this link.

Participation Fees

The course is powered by EIT Food. A small portion of the total cost will be charged as a participation fee of 120€ (including VAT).

If you are a University manager, Doctoral programme director reach out to us! Our training empowers researchers with the skills, confidence and awareness necessary to find maximum impact from their research. There are discount options for your PhD groups (please contact: mariana.fazenda@eitfood.eu).

PRIZES!

Best Pathways to Impact projects receive as a prize, further coaching meetings by top EIT Food business experts!

Career Opportunities

The entrepreneurial skills you will gain will improve your employability, benefit your research funding or help you get inspired in creating a spin-out from your PhD research. As this course will teach you how to take a complex research concept, like your PhD, and formulate it into clear value propositions that can be used in your grant applications, for potential investors, and in the engagement with any other stakeholders.

In collaboration with

Programme Leaders

Dr. Stella Spanou

Innovation Manager & Fundraise
ss@food.au.dk

Dr. Chryssa Dimaki

Program Manager Entrepreneurship
cd@food.au.dk