ACES

Past winners of Academic Enterprise Awards are making progress in the commercialisation of their research

The winner of the Science|Business Academic Enterprise (ACES) award for entrepreneurs under age 30 – presented at the Royal Academy of Science in Brussels in February – deploys ultra violet reflective powder and a scanner to determine just how clean are a pair of washed hands.

To create spin-offs and boost tech transfer, universities must actively help young researchers to become entrepreneurs

Policy makers have put innovation and the promotion of entrepreneurship at the heart of economic rejuvenation plans. But can start-ups seriously be expected to end unemployment overnight?

It can be difficult for technology start-ups to locate the support and finance needed to grow

The decline in venture capital funding means that seed funds are even more important to technology start-ups.

Europe needs a fresh cycle of innovation to create a more “reactive economy” that can absorb shocks and bounce back, the European Education Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou tells the Science|Business European Entrepreneurship Summit

The EIT launches its first awards – ACES enters its fourth year. Start-ups from the UK and Germany lead the list of winners, which also includes Spanish and Hungarian companies.

Awards programme, Feb. 21 in Brussels, is part of a Commission drive to stimulate more – and better - entrepreneurship in Europe

Entrepreneurs from the United Kingdom gained the most nominations at this year’s Academic Enterprise Awards. Three UK spin-outs are among the top 12 chosen to go through to final awards in Brussels on 21 February, 2012.