€1.4 million has been allocated to support innovations in health, industry, and the energy transition. The technological development phase is now underway for the teams selected by a jury of experts from the research, business, and investment sectors.
Twenty teams have been selected for PoC by Trentino, the program promoted by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) and the University of Trento, with the support of the Autonomous Province of Trento, to transform research results into new business opportunities. The winning projects were awarded a total of €1.4 million to support the technological development of their solutions and guide them toward market entry through the Proof of Concept (PoC) model.
The Centre for Sustainable Energy is involved in 3 of the 20 awarded projects!
- GRID-AWARE funded with the support of the Camera di Commercio di Trento
Centres: Sustainable Energy and Digital Industry (BET Unit and DSIP Unit) - GRASTOR funded by Dolomiti Energia
Centres: Sustainable Energy and Augmented Intelligence (BET Unit and PDI Unit) - IMPACT2
Centres: Sustainable Energy and Sensor and Devices (HyRES Unit and MNF Unit)
Well done to all the researchers involved: Amir Naebi Toutounchi | Saman Korjani | Elena Crespi | Emanuele De Bona | Sandro Zorzi | Matteo Bordin | Domenico Dalessandro | Giuseppe Sassone | Varun Donnakatte Neelalochana
…and to the Head of Units Matteo Testi and Edoardo Gino Macchi
Read the article on FBK Magazine:
- in English: https://magazine.fbk.eu/en/news/poc-by-trentino-20-projects-funded-to-turn-research-into-new-businesses/
- in Italian: https://magazine.fbk.eu/it/news/poc-by-trentino-finanziati-20-progetti-che-trasformano-la-ricerca-in-impresa/
Read more about the PoC by Trentino: https://howto.fbk.eu/documenti/test-your-idea-il-programma-poc-by-trentino-2026/
Photo credits: Premiazione POC (Prova di concetto) in Trentino © Teyssot / UniTrento
