AGH
AGH University of Krakow (Poland), founded in 1919, is one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious technical universities in Poland. Renowned for its excellence in engineering, material sciences, computer science, and deep-tech innovation, AGH acts as a critical driving force within national and European research ecosystems. As a prominent member of the UNIVERSEH European Space University Alliance, AGH leverages its advanced technical capabilities through its specialized Space Technology Centre (CTK AGH) and Faculty of Space Technologies (WTK AGH), fostering interdisciplinary research, industrial co-creation, and cutting-edge space-driven technologies.
AGH is the Main Project Coordinator and Lead Beneficiary of the SPACE-INNOVATE@UNI consortium, managing the overall legal, financial, and operational execution of the grant under Topic 2. In addition to its general management duties, AGH serves as the official Leader of Work Package 1 (Institutional Engagement and Strategic Alignment) and Work Package 6 (Project Coordination, Quality Assurance and Dissemination). Through these frameworks, AGH is responsible for establishing the permanent, alliance-wide Innovation Governance Architecture and driving the strategic integration with EIT Climate-KIC and EIT Food. Simultaneously, AGH leads the development of the project’s mandatory Data Management Plan (DMP) and oversees the EIT Ecosystem Synergies Plan, ensuring that European Earth Observation, satellite data, and deep-tech university assets are structurally scaled and commercialized through high-impact international value chains.
CreateHub
CreateHub is a Poland-based company specialising in innovation and entrepreneurship education, startup support, e-learning and innovation ecosystem development. CreateHub has extensive experience in designing educational programmes for universities, facilitating innovation workshops, mentoring startups and entrepreneurs, and connecting higher education with business and innovation ecosystems.
Within INNOVATE@HEI, CreateHub will contribute its expertise in entrepreneurship education and innovation facilitation, with a particular focus on the Innovation for Future Technologies course. CreateHub will support the harmonisation of innovation and entrepreneurship learning across disciplines, strengthen experiential and challenge-based learning approaches, and contribute to capacity-building activities that connect students, researchers and university staff with entrepreneurial and market-oriented pathways. CreateHub is responsible for the project deliverable Innovation for Future Technologies course.
LPRC
La Palma Research Centre is an independent think-tank headquartered in the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. LPRC has extensive experience in technology transfer, establishing links with universities and other actors of the knowledge triangle and in communication, dissemination and exploitation actions.
LPRC will lead tasks on Communication and Dissemination, while also offering a scientific contribution to other tasks. Furthermore, it also links the consortium to applied research infrastructures and operational space research environments, enhancing research valorisation pathways and supporting the translation of advanced research outputs that can lead into market-oriented innovation trajectories.
LTU
Luleå University of Technology (LTU) is a leading technical university in northern Sweden with strong links between education, research, industry and regional innovation ecosystems. LTU brings particular strengths in space technology, deep tech, innovation and entrepreneurship, supported by a well-established regional ecosystem including Arctic Business and other space and innovation actors.
LTU’s main role in the project is to strengthen the pathway from innovation education to entrepreneurship and venture creation. In particular, LTU will lead WP4 – Boosting Institutional Mechanisms of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support, developing and improving structures for innovation, entrepreneurship and research valorisation across the alliance.
Uni.Lu
The University of Luxembourg is a young, research-intensive institution. Interdisciplinarity in research and teaching is key to the University‘s approach to addressing tomorrow’s societal challenges.
Embedded in Luxembourg’s diverse and multicultural society, the University offers a welcoming, multilingual environment, where students and researchers from around the world feel at home. Its compact size fosters close interaction between students and lecturers, creating a personal atmosphere.
Internationally recognised research drives innovation in digital transformation, health, and sustainable development. Scientific progress is supported by cutting-edge infrastructure and a national commitment to education, research, and innovation. The dynamics of a still young university offer rare potential and scope for exploring new ideas.
The University of Luxembourg contributes to SPACE INNOVATE@UNIVERSEH by supporting the modernisation of institutional environments and strengthening innovation capacity across the alliance. As one of the project’s core partners, the University helps advance structures that improve collaboration, knowledge exchange and research valorisation, ensuring that innovation becomes more deeply embedded within participating institutions. It also plays a role in developing supportive frameworks for mentoring and internal matchmaking, helping connect learners, researchers and emerging innovators across disciplines and partner universities.
Through these contributions, the University of Luxembourg reinforces the alliance’s broader ambition to build a more integrated, innovation driven European higher education ecosystem.
UNITOV
Established in 1982, the University of Rome Tor Vergata is a research-intensive public university in Italy, recognized for its strong international outlook and high degree of academic mobility. Embedded in a vibrant regional ecosystem, Tor Vergata combines academic excellence with a strong commitment to scientific innovation, interdisciplinary research, and global collaboration.
The University brings 40 years of dedicated experience to the space sector, with internationally renowned competencies across key research fields including Space Biomedicine, Astroparticle Physics, Deep Cosmic Rays, Circumterrestrial Space, Space Weather and Sun-Earth Interaction, Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, and Celestial Mechanics. Tor Vergata actively contributes to major international space missions and research initiatives funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), ESA, NASA, and the EU, while maintaining strong collaborative partnerships with international space agencies such as CNES, JAXA, DLR, and CONAE.
As a core member of the UNIVERSEH European University Alliance, Tor Vergata demonstrates proven leadership in driving space entrepreneurship and research valorization, serving as the official Leader of Work Package 5 (Space Innovation) in UNIVERSEH 2.0. In this role, the University leads alliance-wide strategies to translate cutting-edge scientific discoveries into commercial opportunities, fostering deep-tech spinoffs, university-industry co-creation, and interdisciplinary educational frameworks.
TBS
TBS Education is a French Grande École and internationally recognised business school, with campuses in Toulouse, Paris, Barcelona and Casablanca. Triple accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, TBS Education combines excellence in management education with research and strong international partnerships. Its expertise spans innovation and entrepreneurship, digital transformation, sustainability, and the aerospace and space sector, supported by interdisciplinary Centres of Excellence.
As a member of the UNIVERSEH European University Alliance, TBS Education contributes its expertise in business, entrepreneurship and innovation to the development of the European space ecosystem.
Within SPACE-INNOVATE@UNI, TBS Education contributes to strengthening the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity of higher education institutions and their ecosystems. Drawing on its experience in European projects, entrepreneurship education and the development of university–industry partnerships, TBS Education supports the project in connecting space-related research, innovation, entrepreneurship and market opportunities. Through this role, TBS Education contributes to developing new approaches, skills and support mechanisms that enable universities and their communities to turn knowledge and space technologies into innovative solutions with economic and societal impact.
UVSQ
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is a leading multidisciplinary higher education and research institution. The quality of UVSQ’s undergraduate and graduate programs (master’s programs, doctorates, post-doctoral fellowships) is backed by the compelling research programs conducted in UVSQ research centers and laboratories.
UVSQ is a medium size university (20 000 students) located in the Southwestern suburb of Paris, where internationally known businesses are established (such as Renault, PSA, Dassault) as well as renowned French research institutes (CNRS, INRA, CEA).
AB
Arctic Business is one of Sweden’s leading technology incubators, supporting innovative and knowledge-intensive startups in northern Sweden. Since its establishment in 2005, Arctic Business has supported more than 200 companies through tailored business development, coaching, access to industry and investor networks, and support in securing funding and entering new markets. With offices in Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå and Kiruna, Arctic Business is closely connected to northern Sweden’s research and innovation ecosystem, including Luleå University of Technology, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and SSC’s Esrange Space Center.
For the past ten years, Arctic Business has facilitated ESA BIC Sweden, the national incubator for space-connected startups and part of the European Space Agency’s network of Business Incubation Centres. The programme is operated in collaboration with Uppsala Innovation Centre, Innovatum Science Park and Ideon Science Park, providing support to startups across Sweden. Through ESA BIC Sweden, entrepreneurs using space technology, space data or space-enabled solutions gain access to business development, technical expertise, funding opportunities and European space networks. Since its launch in 2015, the programme has supported more than 60 space-connected startups.
Within SPACE-INNOVATE@UNI, Arctic Business contributes hands-on expertise in turning research, technology and space-related ideas into viable and scalable businesses. As a bridge between universities, entrepreneurs, industry and investors, Arctic Business supports the development of effective pathways from innovation and research to entrepreneurship, incubation and market entry. Through its experience from ESA BIC Sweden and the wider space ecosystem, Arctic Business will help strengthen entrepreneurial capacity, connect promising innovations with relevant expertise and networks, and support the creation of solutions with commercial and societal impact.