News from innovation ecosystem
2022 EIT calls: up to 3 years of funding for innovation, applied research, partnership & networking opportunities!
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is setting a round of calls, with its carrousel of funding and partnership opportunities. You are a researcher with an innovative project and you're looking to move forward? We have you covered. On this page, the Aalto EIT Services help you to navigate through all the available offering: we have plenty of support to provide ʵ applicants!
2023 EIT Innovation calls: up to 3 years of funding for innovation, applied research, partnership & networking opportunities!
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is setting a round of calls, with its carrousel of funding and partnership opportunities. On this page, the Aalto EIT Services help you to navigate comprehensively through all the available offering: we have plenty of support to provide ʵ applicants!
Cinema acoustics can modify substantially the soundscape of a movie
Carefully mixed music can sound stuffy or the clarity of speech may suffer, noticed researchers of Acoustics at Aalto University.
Researchers watch anti-cancer drug release from DNA nanostructures in real time
Findings provide insights into tunable drug delivery and new design paradigms of DNA-based drug-carriers
Renewable fuel made from biorefinery residues
Lignin-based automotive and aviation fuels are one step closer to market as a new EU-funded project aims to develop new production methods for lignin-based transport fuels.
AScI internship program sees record number of applications
As it enters it’s 9th year, the AScI internship programme is celebrating receiving over 1,000 applications for a single recruitment round
AI predicts if storms will cause blackouts many days in advance
A collaboration between Aalto University and Finnish Meteorological Institute improves prediction tools for energy companies
The potential of urban green spaces in climate change mitigation
Aalto University is involved in the CO-CARBON research project, which seeks ways to integrate the carbon sequestration of green spaces in urban planning and decision-making.
Tired of virtual meetings? Try a walking meeting!
Personnel are encouraged to hold walking meetings remotely outdoors – talk with your colleagues and try them together!
Saki monkeys get screen time for more control over their lives in captivity
Computer scientists have designed a video player that the small primates can activate on demand
The ideas of the Award for Achievements in Teaching winner in distance learning will be heard at Aalto ENG's Teaching Forum on 8 March 2021
At the School of Engineering's Teaching Forum, Samuel Cross, who has just received the Award for Achievements in Teaching together with Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, will give a presentation on “Challenge-based education in an online environment”. In February 2021, Cross and Santasalo-Aarnio were awarded the Dean’s recognition for developing challenge-based learning and co-teaching in distance education.
Annual Review 2020: Alumna of the Year is film director Zaida Bergroth
In the annual review of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture success enablers were awarded and the 150th anniversary of higher education in art and design in Finland was launched.
New physics rules tested on quantum computer
Simulation of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics using a quantum computer goes beyond centuries old conventions
Shorter meetings and more breaks than before
To improve well-being at work, meetings are proposed to be held on the same days and hourly meetings condensed to 45 minutes.
Aalto digitalisation results 2017-2020: What has happened in four years?
The major digitalisation achievements in teaching & learning, research & innovations, campus & digital infrastructure as well as services.
Sustainability is one of the four School of Business key strategic initiatives
Professor Minna Halme: Business schools play a key role in solving sustainability challenges.
Artificial intelligence for dementia prevention
AI-Mind is a 5-year project funded by Horizon 2020, with the goal of facilitating a paradigm shift in clinical practice of mild cognitive impairment. A team of Aalto University and HUS Helsinki University Hospital researchers are involved in the project
Aalto University establishes a unique professorship in ownership
The professorship, established with donated funds, promotes high-quality academic research and teaching as well as Finnish ownership expertise and the culture of ownership.
Wooden Käpylä is an example of resource-wise wood construction
A new book celebrates the hundred-year-old unique wooden house area in Helsinki and tells the story of the multidimensional area.
How did Runeberg's career progress? AcademySampo helps find the answer from a huge amount of data
With the help of the new AcademySampo portal, one can easily find information about people who registered to study at the university in Finland between the 1640s and 1890s
