1. InnoEnergy EDU Portfolio
Scarlett Tokunaga
Leuven, April 25th

2. 2www.innoenergy.com
What is InnoEnergy?
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3. What is InnoEnergy?
InnoEnergy is…
The European company for innovation, business
creation and education in sustainable energy.
We are a commercial company with 27
shareholders that include top ranking
industries, research centers and
universities, all of which are key players in
the energy field.

4. We are committed to reducing costs in the energy value chain, increasing
security and reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
… a positive impact on
sustainable energy
What is InnoEnergy?

5. 5www.innoenergy.com
How our Educational Proposition
looks like?

6. Master school programs
MSc Energy for Smart Cities
Innovation
Journey
Different
locations
Multiple locations:
Grenoble - Leuven – Barcelona - Stockholm

7. Online learning courses
PV
GAME
MOOCS
E-learning
courses
Webinars
Energy
Storage
Systems

8. Game-based learning / Gamification
Lumen: Demystifying Energy and
electricity

9. 9www.innoenergy.com
What is InnoEnergy PhD School?
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10. Complementary education in innovation
and entrepreneurship that can be studied
as an add-on to ongoing PhD research.
Flexible curriculum that can be tailored
to the needs of the candidates.
Includes courses in entrepreneurship,
innovation and business connected to
sustainable energy.
Mobility stay for between 4-12 months.
Funding of mobility stay and courses.
What is InnoEnergy PhD School?
A programme with advantages

11. … and opportunities for growth
From the
Idea
to the
product
From the
Lab
to the
market
From the
doctoral candidate
to the
entrepreneur
What is InnoEnergy PhD School?

12. Position doctoral education upstream of innovation strategy
 Proposing a challenge-driven doctoral education to learn how to transfer the
knowledge and technologies from the lab to the industry: to build a (draft) proposal
for an innovation project
 Feeding the strategy of innovation with more/more robust innovation projects or
business creation, securing financial sustainability
Researcher Entrepreneur
research Innovation projectInnoEnergy
What is InnoEnergy PhD School?
… with a value proposition

13. 13www.innoenergy.com
What does the PhD School programme
look like?
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14. Mandatory Courses
Energy Economics
Energy trends, market
structures, finances, and
investments: putting
your research into
context
Grenoble Ecole de
Management,
Grenoble, France
Entrepreneurship
Summer school
Understanding the role
of science and research
in successful new
businesses
ESADE Business
School, Barcelona,
Spain
Innovation
Bootcamp
Shaping entrepreneurial
ideas for sustainable
energy, smart cities and
intelligent grid projects
TU/Eindhoven,
The
Netherlands
What does the PhD school programme look like ?
ESTI
Economic, Scientific
and Technological
Intelligence
To be
confirmed –
Possibly in
PARIS.
Legal Issues for
Academic
Innovators
IP strategies, company
structures, patent law and
legal concepts help you
make an impact
Uppsala
University,
Sweden

15. ... and elective courses and Annual
Conference
What does the PhD school programme look like ?
Annual Conference
‘Where ideas
connect’
- Network
- Research projects
discussion
-Discovering possible
collaboration with
industry
-Innoenergy PhD school
Graduation
Energy Solutions Design for Eco-District
NTREM: New Technologies in Regulated
Electricity Markets
Communication in Teamwork and Leadership
(Introduction)
Communication in Teamwork and Leadership:
Public Speaking (Advanced)
SMART GRIDS _ To be confirmed

16. 4 to 12 month expenses
paid for project at a foreign
university or company.
Possibility to connect the
innovation process
between different parts of an
international organisation.
Can be spent at different
facilities of the same
organisation or in different
organisations across
Europe.
Financial support:
€1500/month, up to €
9000 max.
What does the PhD school programme look like ?
International Mobility

17. 17www.innoenergy.com
How can you apply?
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18. Application: In three steps ...
When can candidates
apply?
Aplication Open all year,
but...
2017 deadlines for submitting
admission documents:
19h February
28th May
5th October
When are the
applications assessed?
Three times ayear
• 29-30 March 2016 -
Leuven
• 28-29 June 2016 -
Lisbon
• 29-30 November
2016 - Barcelona
When do students receive
finaldecision?
Notification of acceptance will
be sent six weeks after
applicationdead-line.
How can you apply?

19. The doctoral candidate needs tosubmit
the following documents in English.
• Motivationletter
• CV
• Recomendation letter*
• Letter of support
• Transcripts and certificates
• Completed applicationform
* From an Industry partner interested in your
reserach project
Apply online.
www.innoenergy.com/education/phdschool/
Application documents
How can you apply?

20.  Be enrolled as doctoral candidates at a European University
 Have secured financing for the duration of their PhD thesis.
 Have an interest in:
> Research with an impact in society, improving peoples’welfare.
> Helping a company or the whole industry being more competitive.
> Founding a company, either independently or within a corporation.
Work with a PhD thesis project involving an industrial partner in co-
supervision, project definition, internship or financing.
• Work with a PhD thesis project involving international collaboration.
• Work with the full agreement of the supervisors to follow the training
programme. TextExample…
Eligible PhD candidates have to…
How can you apply?

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Who is the PhD School for?
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22. Benefits for the researchers
Learn how energy businesses are created and run.
Stay one step ahead when developing new products
and services for the market.
Get multi-national perspective thanks to the international
mobility across Europe.
Access to a Pan-European network in academia and industry
with useful contacts for your future career.
PhD researcher
Wishing to add skills in innovation and entrepreneurship to
their ongoing PhD research.
Who is the PhD School for?

23. Benefits for the supervisors
The PhD candidates entrepreneurial spirit will catalyse your
lab’s power of innovation.
The PhD candidates will also act as a catalyst for additional
funding, collaborative research and international collaboration,
especially regarding mobility.
The candidates work in turning research results into products
and services can generate revenue.
KIC InnoEnergy innovation projects that even extend beyond
the end of the collaboration.
Supervisor in labs
Wishing to boost their innovation capacity by having a PhD candidate committed to
innovation in their universities or research institutes labs.
Who is the PhD School for?

24. Companies in energy industry
Wishing to recruit highly-skilled energy engineers to increase their innovation
capacity and thus their competitive advantage.
Benefits for companies
In company PhD training for a lower cost than normal thanks to
mobility between facilities in different countries
It will be easier for your company to recruit top talent combining
a high level of expertise with an interest in the industrial market.
Competitive advantage in bringing new products and services
to the market thanks to entrepreneurially-minded research staff.
Who is the PhD School for?

25. What is KID Innoenergy Innovative
Doctorate?

26.  A joint doctoral training project involving InnoEnergy, a company, a university or
RTO, etc.) and, optionally, a local institution promoting the Industrial Doctorate.
 The PhD candidate is employed by the company.
 PhD dissertation addressing one of the InnoEnergy Energy Challenges
 The PhD candidate is enrolled in the InnoEnergy PhD School Programme:
 InnoEnergy funds up to 20 k€ / year
Upon completion of the InnoEnergy Innovative Doctorate and the PhD
dissertation, the PhD candidate will have acquired all the skills and
knowledge required to steer the project partners to constitute the relevant
consortium in order to submit an Innovation Project to InnoEnergy
KID Innoenergy Innovative Doctorate

27. PhD candidate staffing costs:
 InnoEnergy will co-fund staffing costs for the PhD candidate.
 Salary + associated payroll costs (social security contributions)
Indirect costs may also be eligible, up to an amount equal to 25% of the staffing
costs.
 InnoEnergy co-funding is €20K/year over the duration of the project (four years
maximum).
 The PhD candidate must be hired by the company for the project to be eligible for
financing; financing cover start dates from November 2017 (earliest) to June 2018
(latest).
PhD candidate training:
In addition InnoEnergy will fund the training and networking activities offered under the
InnoEnergy PhD School Programme:
 Tuition and fees, travel, accommodation, and meals for PhD School training sessions
 Travel, accommodation, and meals for a European mobility placement of at least four
months
What Innoenergy co-funding covers?

28.  The company must recruit the PhD candidate within one year maximum after being selected.
InnoEnergy must be involved in the recruitment process.
 A project agreement must be signed between InnoEnergy and the company.
 A collaboration agreement must be signed between the company and the academic participant.
 The PhD candidate must enrol in the InnoEnergy PhD School Programme.
 If a local, regional, or national institution is co-funding the project ANRT/CIFRE, the company and the
academic partners must make sure that they also meet any eligibility criteria that may apply.
 At the end of the project, under the PhD candidate’s lead, the company must submit a proposal for an
InnoEnergy Innovation Project. If selected, the Innovation Project will be funded by InnoEnergy.
Requirements

29. Project proposals from a two-member team:
• a company
• an academic participant (university, research organization, etc.)
addressing a topic among the InnoEnergy Energy Challenges.
Both the company and the academic participant must already be (or committed to
become) either an InnoEnergy formal, associate, or project partner.
Elegibility

30.  The project topic must align with the KIC IE innovation strategy (eliminatory, see Energy Challenges).
 Quality of the PhD research preparing innovation project:
o Clear description of the research plan paving the route towards innovation and technology transfer
o Time allocated to PhD research work in the project
 Quality of the innovation project that will benefit from the PhD project:
o Scientific or technological issue to overcome
o Need to satisfy, market, competitors
o Roadmap from the lab to the market
 Soundness of the collaboration:
o Respective inputs
o Co-supervision
o IP agreement
 Project management: research, technological and market risks
Selection Criteria

31. The application process is quick and easy. The application form should not exceed five pages.
 Download and fill out the Application Form.
 Download and sign the Statement of Understanding.
Send both as PDF files to kid2017.phdschool@innoenergy.com by the deadline
Process and deadlines 2017
Application Period Open
Q&A session with the PhD school
Deadline for submitting proposals
Proposals reviewed by selection committee
Selected submissions announced
24
March
24
April
11
May
12-30
May
2 June

32. For universities, research organizations, and PhD dissertation supervisors
 A PhD candidate assigned to an innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused project.
 Access to our pan-European network for more international research partnerships
 From your Innovative Doctorate Project a well prepared Innovation Project to answer the InnoEnergy Investment Rounds
For companies
 Increase your innovation capacity and competitive advantage.
 Recruit top talents combining a high level of expertise with deep market knowledge.
 From your Innovative Doctorate Project a well prepared Innovation Project to answer the InnoEnergy Investment Rounds
For PhD candidates
 Develop an innovation- and entrepreneurship-driven mind set, Learn how energy businesses are started and run.
 Acquire hands-on innovation experience at all stages from lab to manufacturing plant.
 Get a multinational perspective through European mobility support.
 Build a pan-European professional network spanning academia and industry.
Benefits of Innovative Doctorate Projects

33. “PhD School has changed
my point of view”
Henrique Pombeiro
Read more about the research of our students at:
http://www.innoenergy.com/education/phd-school/
“A new perspective
on engineering”
Mauricio GutierrezSalas
“A huge step towards
reducing CO2 emissions”
Khadija Benis
“See the bigger impact
of your research”
Gourav Sen

34. Join us! Apply for PhD
school programme by
latest May 28th
For Innovation Doctorate
programme, Apply before May 11th
Contact us: phdschool@kic-innoenergy.com
PhD Officers Benelux:
Johan Driesen: johan.driesen@kic-innoenergy.com
Scarlett Tokunaga: scarlett.tokunaga@kic-innoenergy.com
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