Jun 17, 2020
SPARK Finland organizes together with European SPARKs and University Technology Sydney in Australia the 8thAnnual Training Course in Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship. First time in its history, this intensive course…
May 15, 2020
SPARK Finland, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Health Campus Turku, Design thinking, University of Oslo, University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Tartu, NordPlus, Hasso Plattner Institute
The Nordic Council of Ministers has granted 50,000 euros in NordPlus funding for an educational project Design thinking in health technology education – Design Future Health – Great. In collaboration…
Apr 29, 2020
covid-19, Aalto University, XFold Imaging, nanocoated glass slide
XFold Imaging, a SPARK Finland alumni and a start-up company originating from Aalto University, is currently cooperating with the scientific communities of universities in several countries in order to solve…
Apr 21, 2020
Health Incubator Helsinki
Health Incubator Helsinki is a comprehensive incubator program for research-based early stage teams and start-ups operating in the health sector in Finland and abroad. The program, created and operated together…
Apr 10, 2020
SPARK Finland, SPARK Global, covid-19, Covid-19 Technology Access Framework, Stanford University, Harvard University, MIT
SPARK Finland and SPARK Global network support a new collaborative network established by Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University. Three top-tier universities announced a joint initiative…
Apr 1, 2020
SPARK Finland, signed, agreement, 2020-2023
SPARK Finland and its associated institutions have shown once again unity and have joined their forces for the future. Yesterday our associated institutions and city regions have signed a program…
Mar 11, 2020
Aalto University, entrepreneurship, Starting Up, course
Aalto University has opened a new, open access online course covering the fundamentals of startup entrepreneurship. Starting Up is now live and accessible worldwide at http://starting-up.org. All course materials are in…
Mar 9, 2020
coronavirus, covid-19, online, mentoring
Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, other seasonal flues and organizational instructions of associated institutions of SPARK Finland we have decided to provide an opportunity to participate SPARK mentoring events also…
Feb 17, 2020
Helsinki, Antti Kotimaa, Sebastian Soidinsalo, Thomas Lemström, Turku, Kuopio, Joensuu, University of Eastern Finland
SPARK Finland has once again expanded and same time strengthened its management team. On January 1st 2020 University of Eastern Finland joined the SPARK Finland and brought Kuopio and Joensuu…
Jan 22, 2020
SPARK, Washington Post, Daria Mochly-Rosen
On January 17th SPARK program got remarkable visibility in Washington Post. One of the worlds leading newspapers published an article regarding realities of tech transfer of the science based discoveries…