The aim of the WiWE project is to create a further training programme for academic staff of universities in the Northwest region to implement and promote the climate for start-ups. This qualification of the academic staff, which starts at an early stage of the founding activity as well as of the professional orientation, is intended to recognise the still untapped potential of possible founding ideas in the universities at an earlier stage and to activate it more strongly. The primary aim is to qualify and sensitize academic staff to recognize, generate and evaluate possible start-up ideas from their own research activities or those of colleagues and to take the first steps towards implementation.

Project leader is: Prof. Dr. Alexander Nicolai, Alexander.Nicolai@Uni-Oldenburg.de .

This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.