InfraBooster professional training focuses on the commercialisation of research infrastructures and is designed for both academic and non-academic staff of public universities and research institutes. I warmly invite you to apply and would be grateful if you could also share this opportunity within your network at the Medical University of Warsaw, as this will be the final opportunity to join a full programme cycle in 2025. 

1. InfraBooster Foundation

(Individual applications accepted on a rolling basis throughout 2025)

InfraBooster Foundation serves as the first and mandatory step for the next level – advanced training: InfraBooster Practitioner. It ensures that participants adopt standard vocabulary and gain an understanding of the innovative contexts, in which research infrastructures could be leveraged for science-industry collaboration. It also helps participants understand the importance of research infrastructures and select the most commercially relevant research infrastructures for R&D efforts of private sector companies in target sectors.

Training is conducted in English; brochure attached.

Features: Open to all employees, regardless of contract type or position ● Fully online self-paced study ● Free of charge ● EIT-labelled ● Highly interactive, based on a fictional case study ● Offers insights on how to identify commercially relevant research infrastructures for private sector R&D.

Apply [HERE]; More details: https://www.eitfood.eu/projects/infrabooster/infrabooster-foundation & https://eit-ris.eu/infrabooster/ 

2. InfraBooster Practitioner

(Team applications only – 3–4 members; two cohorts planned in 2025)

Practitioner is a mini-MBA-style, advanced training designed to help researchers and support personnel (such as technology transfer, marketing specialists, and financial or research officers) better understand the competitive edge of research infrastructures, design innovative infrastructure-based services, identify potential industrial partners and start industrial outreach. It helps experts prepare marketing collateral that highlights differentiators and benefits important for their target clients, understand the needs of specific industries/companies, identify potential clients and initiate service sales processes.

Training is conducted in English; call document and team application form attached.

Catalogues of developed R&D services in 2023 and 2024 are available [HERE], and success stories can be [HERE]

Features: Free of charge ● EIT-labelled ● Delivered as synchronous online training, involving presentations, case studies, design thinking, team assignments, group discussions, Q&A and final team project assignments ● Connect with other teams of experts from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe.

The call for applications opens from May 26 to June 26 (last cohort in 2025).

Submit the complete application form by the corresponding person/representative of the team to: infrabooster@wz.uw.edu.pl

More details: https://www.eitfood.eu/projects/infrabooster/infrabooster-practitioner & https://eit-ris.eu/infrabooster/