A Guide to Accelerating Innovation

History has proven time and time again that investment of capital, intellect and manpower in large-scale, innovative projects yield great dividends, both in terms of economic prosperity and knowledge generation.

Universities and other institutions of learning are essential and uniquely positioned to support and advance such moonshot-style projects like the Apollo moon landing, to the Graphene Flagship and Large Hadron Collider. With deep talent pools, wide arrays of facilities, and access to creative thinking and problem-solving, universities should dedicate their resources in support of such projects.

Think big

Instill entrepreneurship

Research that remains in the lab misses opportunities for broader impact. Translating new technologies to market as new processes, services and products is a key component of fully leveraging the results of extreme innovation. Universities should dedicate resources to startup incubators and curricula to imbue students and faculty with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Be transdisciplinary

These steps will not only result in extreme innovation, but economic benefits as well. In the case of the Psyche mission, advances in communications and data transfer technology is likely. Through supporting entrepreneurship, new companies, services and even markets extend out from technology transfer. EU HBP will advance neuromorphic computing as a basis for robotic applications and neuro-based controlling, leading to exciting new technologies.

It is my belief that knowledge inspires innovation, which in turn results in prosperity. Quite often, knowledge is incubated within universities. Therefore, we should align our resources to realize it.

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