Work plan · 24 months
Six work packages,
one innovation journey
From institutional transformation to talent, a shared digital platform and acceleration pilots, each work package builds on the one before it.
How it fits together
A connected work plan
ENTREBLUE is organised into six work packages. Project management (WP1) and communication (WP6) run across the whole project, while WP2 to WP5 build on each other: from transforming the universities to developing talent, launching the Integration Labs platform and running the acceleration pilots.
The work packages
What each work package delivers
Lead partner
UPRC
Duration
M1–M24
Project management & administration
Keeps the project on track: coordination and reporting, quality assurance, risk, data and IPR management, and an external advisory board for each university ecosystem.
Lead partner
USTRATH
Duration
M1–M24
IVAP institutionalisation via institutional modernisation and HEInnovate-driven skills ecosystem orchestration
Prepares the partner universities to become entrepreneurial and engaged institutions through strategic foresight, maritime STEM skills ecosystem mapping and HEInnovate-based transformation, and sets up an ENTREBLUE alliance so the action plans (IVAPs) continue after the project.
Lead partner
CMU
Duration
M3–M24
Upskilling & talent development for IVAP operationalisation
Develops 10 innovation and entrepreneurship microcredentials for maritime STEM, trains and certifies more than 6,000 learners online and in person, and offers mentorship to around 10% of them.
Lead partner
C4S
Duration
M3–M24
Women-led maritime STEM innovation acceleration & growth digital platform (IEIL)
Designs and builds the Inclusive Ecosystem Integration Labs: a web platform with the microcredentials, mentors, investors, 40+ maritime companies and shared infrastructures, plus six physical IEILs at the mentored universities and a launch event at each of them.
Lead partner
USN
Duration
M9–M24
Acceleration & growth pilots
Puts everything into practice: hybrid internships for 60 students, an open call for at least 30 startups and innovators (at least half women and under-represented groups), nine-month acceleration pilots and policy recommendations.
Lead partner
DTB
Duration
M1–M24
Communication, dissemination & exploitation
Makes ENTREBLUE visible inside and beyond the EIT HEI community: dissemination strategy, a behavioural change campaign for STEM learners, citizen science actions and skills awards, including the Women in maritime tech/STEM awards.
Timeline
24 months at a glance
Work package durations and the six project milestones.
ML1
ML2
ML3
ML4
ML5
ML6
Follow the results as they happen
Public deliverables and resources will be published in the Resources section.