EIT Alumni Impact Report 2021

The 2021 Impact Report illustrates the commitment and hard work of our future leaders, entrepreneurs and agents of change. Results and achievements embedded in this report are truly demonstrating the purpose of the EIT Alumni Community, for which the EIT Governing Board, in cooperation with the EIT Director, remain fully committed with continued support and guidance. The values of the EIT Alumni Community, which allows students and start-ups to stay connected and benefit from the EIT offer while strengthening the EIT community, remains to be nurtured and fostered through the EIT activities with high importance.

Being a researcher myself and working with the European Research Council as well, I am aware first-hand of the difficulties researchers face in turning their research into innovation. Therefore, having entrepreneurial skills developed, as part of the studies of EIT Alumni members, is tackling a key gap. I would therefore encourage each member of the EIT Alumni Community to turn their ideas into innovations.

With great thanks to the members of the EIT Alumni Community who contributed to building a sustainable and impact oriented EIT Alumni in its sixth year of existence in 2021, I am convinced that the Community is on a right path in driving change and demonstrate even more impact in the next years ahead of the EIT and its KICs under Horizon Europe.