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Innovation courses

The UiO Growth House runs courses that will increase innovation competence among UiO employees: PhD candidates, postdocs, researchers & staff, including administrative employees.

Illustration courses at three levels.

The UiO Growth House offers courses at three levels: foundation, step-up and start-up.

The courses are free for UiO employees. Please contact training@growthhouse.uio.no, if you are interested in a course, but are outside the UiO system.

Foundation level courses

IDEA course 

How to identify a good innovation idea from your research data

Have you ever wondered if there is an idea for an innovation project or even a start-up buried in your piles of research data? Or, how to know if that idea is any good? Then this interactive and reflective workshop is for you!

Previous course

13 October, 9:00–12:30

Read about the course

Step-up level courses

Idea to Innovation (I2I) course

How to turn your idea into a successful innovation project

This hands-on workshop introduces you to the tools you need to develop an academic research project into a successful innovation project. We’ll also cover funding opportunities and innovation grant writing as a potential next step for developing your project further.

Upcoming course 

24–26 November, 09:00–16:00

Read about the course, and sign up!

Registration deadline 17 November

Other courses

We also have other courses such as the School of Health Innovation and Aleap bootcamp and hackathons in the pipeline. 

All courses will be announced on this webpage.

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