What is an EIT Success Story? Definition

An EIT Success story is a well implemented activity that has led to new products and services, discoveries, start-ups and scale-ups, new courses, excellent publications, new collaborations. Apart for third party testimonials and advocates, the stories must be complemented with relevant fact and figures. Last but not least, the project must be new, i.e. not previously communicated anywhere else. You can click on these links to learn more about the concept:
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Detailed guidelines

Very Important: An EIT success story should be promising and newsworthy, illustrate innovation in action and be well executed.

In short, a success story should meet the following criteria:

• PROMISING AND NEWSWORTHY
  o Media appeal, i.e. Large impact/proximity, new, unique, address a global challenge, new product or technique or service, interesting person, addressing global challenges, creating jobs, generating growth….
• INNOVATION IN ACTION
  o Tangible results
  o Illustrate how the activity contributes to EIT Manufacturing 2030 goals
  o Illustrate how the activity contributes to EUs new Industrial Strategy, the European Union Green Deal etc.
• WELL EXECUTED PROJECT
  o Highlighting EIT’s innovation model