The sixth edition of the EGO programme innovation award took off, the aim is to select the most innovative ideas in the field of digital technologies and to support the creation or development of new business ventures.
The EGO programme is part of the social responsibility projects of Ericsson in Italy and is an initiative of the Foundation Lars Magnus Ericsson in collaboration with some of the most important Italian universities: LUISS Guido Carli, Rome University la Sapienza, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Università degli Studi di Siena and Università degli Studi di Trento.
The competition is aimed for students, graduates, doctoral students and researchers from partner universities, also start-ups, innovative companies, team project and single projects aged less than 35 years old. To apply you must complete the application form (downloadable at www.fondazione-ericsson.org) and send your project idea to the email ego.project@ericsson.com no later than October 10, 2014. It is also advisable to attach a synthetic business plans and the proposers CV.
With the new edition of the EGO programme, Ericsson will provide the four entrepreneurial project winners an economic contribution for the initial phase of the development of the business and a year of on-campus incubation at Ericsson in Rome. During this period the start-ups will benefit from offices, consultation related to the organisational, the commercial, the technological, legal and financial part, and will have the opportunity to get in touch with the customer network and international partners of the company.
While not establishing a fundamental pre-requisite for admission to the selection process, We are considering of particular interest the following areas: Digital public administration, Learning, Media & TV, Internet of things, mobility and transport, the environment and sustainability.
For more information about the innovation award of the Ego programme and to consult the policy and rules you can visit www.fondazione-ericsson.org.
