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The BMWi supports students, graduates and scientists in their ideas and implementation of technology and knowledge-based start-ups. In this context, EXIST supports aspiring start-ups at public and private universities. Tache aim is to promote a lively and sustainable start-up culture at German universities, colleges and research institutions.
International Entrepreneurship offers the opportunity to establish a start-up within an international setting. Students, researchers or employees who are interested in founding a company are given
access to business and technical know-how to advance their business idea or to define a business model for their ongoing research.
In the funding project ‘EXIST IV -Gründungskultur – Die Gründerhochschule’, various measures were taken at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel and the Technical University of Braunschweig to establish an academic start-up culture.
The fundamental aim was the extensive expansion of already existing start-up processes through innovative measures in the area of entrepreneurship and start-up assistance in order to achieve a significant increase in the number of start-ups.
The establishment of an idea incubator at both university locations, systematic idea screening and the strengthening of the role of promoters have made a significant contribution to increasing the number of start-ups by university staff and successfully generating concrete start-up projects. Start-ups from both universities were individually mentored, networked and supported in their projects.
The close collaboration of both universities as cooperation partners and the joint start-up professorship resulted in numerous synergy effects, so that the topic of entrepreneurship could be anchored far-reaching and sustainably beyond the university boundaries and in interaction with various partners of the entire region. Thanks to the extensive funding in the project “EXIST IV -Gründungskultur – Die Gründerhochschule”, both universities were given the opportunity to expand and consolidate existing structures. The results of this project are decisive components on the way to becoming a university for start-ups and thus a valuable foundation for successful start-up work at both universities and in the region.
In the Start-Up & MoVe-IT funding project, various measures were taken at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel to sustainably establish an academic start-up culture. The fundamental goal was the extensive expansion of already existing start-up processes through innovative measures, the establishment of additional measures and a significant increase in the number of start-ups by 50% at the TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia universities. The establishment of an idea incubator at both university locations, systematic idea screening, and the strengthening of the role of promoters have contributed significantly to increasing the number of start-ups by university employees and successfully generating concrete start-up projects. Start-ups from both universities were individually supported, networked and promoted in their projects. The close collaboration of both universities as cooperation partners and the joint start-up professorship resulted in numerous synergy effects, so that the topic of entrepreneurship could be anchored far-reaching and sustainably beyond the university boundaries and in interaction with various partners of the entire region. Thanks to the extensive support provided in the “Start-up & MoVe-IT” project, both universities were given the opportunity to expand and consolidate existing structures. The results of this project are important building blocks on the way to becoming a university for start-ups and thus a valuable basis for successful start-up work at both universities and in the region.
