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Apply to EIT Urban Mobility Specialist Innovation Call (1st Cut-Off DL 23 Sept 2025)

EIT Urban Mobility’s Strategic Innovation Open Call 2026-2028 just launched! The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is 60 million EUR for 3 years. The Call has multiple cut-off dates The indicative funding for the first submission cut-off is: 9 million EUR. Each project may receive up to 2 million EUR of EIT funding. EIT Urban Mobility will reimburse up to 65% of the eligible project costs, while the minimum co-funding rate for all proposals is 35%.
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Cooperation
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EIT Urban Mobility Call Launch Visual

Aalto University launches Inventors program to turn science into impact

The new training program in the field of chemical engineering empowers researchers to explore entrepreneurial pathways and the commercial potential of their work.
Cooperation, Studies
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Group photo of people in casual and formal wear, taken indoors.

CODEUNITED, led by Aalto University, successfully secures 1.34M€ funding from the EIT-HEI Initiative to enhance and scale entrepreneurship education in Europe

CODEUNITED stands for The COnnecting and DEvelopment of UNiversity-oriented InnovaTion Ecosystems through entrepreneurship eDucation project
Cooperation, Studies
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CODEUNITED project partners

ESA funding for the space business

The European Space Agency’s new innovation programme in Otaniemi helps Finnish companies commercialise inventions, leverage satellite data and strengthen their position in the industry.
Aalto Magazine, Cooperation
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Colourful terrain map indicating interferometric phase from 19 January 2025 to 20 January 2025, with various hues.

New thermal sensor presents novel way to carry out cryogenic measurements

The on-chip bolometer cuts down on costs and complexity while boasting ten times broader operational range.
Press releases
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Microbolometer integrated into a resonator circuit shows detailed view with multiple magnifications.

Keys to growth: How a student satellite became Finland’s new success story

In this article series, we highlight Aalto University’s work as a builder of a better society.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Havainnekuva Aalto-1:sta avaruudessa.

Researchers create gel that can self-heal like human skin

Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate this high stiffness or natural skin’s self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth are the first to develop a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, soft robotics sensors and artificial skin.
Press releases
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Artistic representation of hydrogels in a mobius-ring formed through self-healing by Margot Lepetit, Aalto University.

PORT_2025 brings Aalto students together to tackle sustainability and AI challenges

PORT_2025 brought Aalto University students together to tackle sustainability & AI challenges, fostering innovation and collaboration with mentorship from industry leaders.
Press releases, Studies, University
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Five people standing on stage in front of a large screen displaying information about their pitch.

Professor Päivi Törmä and the SuperC consortium pursue room-temperature superconductivity with quantum geometry and AI

Professor Päivi Törmä and the SuperC consortium aim to realize the energy-saving reality of superconductors operating at higher temperatures than near-absolute zero.
Press releases
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A person in a tweed jacket stands in front of a whiteboard covered in diagrams. Next to them is intricate gold machinery.

Year of Quantum 2025: What does this global declaration mean for Finland?

The year of 2025 marks a significant step forward for quantum technology research and development both in Finland and beyond.
Cooperation
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Collage of black and white photographs showing a scientist working with heavy machinery and complex equipment.

Tiny chip, big breakthrough in spectral sensing for everyday devices

The invention of a microscopic spectral sensor that can identify myriad materials with unprecedented accuracy is set to overhaul our approach to healthcare, food safety and more.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Two people in a lab working with microscopic spectral sensors, both wearing blue gloves and handling small tools.

Finland joins NASA’s Artemis Accords and secures millions in ESA funding for space technology development

The Winter Satellite Workshop, the largest New Space event in the Nordic and Baltic countries, has started today on Aalto University’s campus. During the event, ESA launched the Phi-Lab Finland innovation programme and Finland signed the NASA’s Outer Space Treaty.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Inflatable astronaut figure with an orange visor displayed outside a modern building with rocks around.

Building better infrared sensors

New innovation significantly boosts sensor responsivity
Press releases, Research & Art
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The new, more sensitive infrared sensor brings benefits to many different technologies. Photo: Aalto University / Xiaolong Liu

Call for applications: Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme starts in March 2025

The application period for the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme is open until 10.2.2025
Campus, Cooperation
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Graphic for Aalto Creatives

New life for construction waste wood

In Finland, almost all waste wood from construction ends up being burned, even though it could play a major role in the development of ecological growing media. New research shows that steam-treated waste wood can replace peat as a growing medium and offers promising results in plant germination and root growth.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Six soil samples with germinating seeds showing various stages of sprouting in different soil types.

Aalto Creative Demo Day: Inspiring Pitches and the Future of Creative Industry Incubation

Pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives pitched their startup ideas on Marsio Stage. Aalto Digital Creatives will continue as the Aalto Creatives program in 2025.
Campus, Cooperation, Research & Art
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A group photo of pre-incubator teams on Marsio Stage at the Aalto Creative Demo Day event.

Digital doula helps mothers-to-be face the fear of childbirth

Aalto University introduces 12 new world-changing innovations at Slush. On of them is digital doula Natal Mind, a mobile app designed to support the emotional and mental journey undergone by mothers-to-be.
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Artificial intelligence models have been used in the design of the Natal Mind app and especially the cartoon-like digital therapists.

Ammonia – a new green energy solution? Research project receives €2.5 million in funding

Ammonia is a promising alternative fuel for the marine industry and for storing green hydrogen, but there are many question marks over its use.
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A ship in the sea

Empowering creative innovations: Twelve new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program

This autumn’s creative industry pre-incubator program began on the 1st of October. Twelve new teams started developing their business ideas with Aalto Startup Center’s business advisors and Aalto Studios’ creative industry experts.
Campus, Cooperation
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Aalto Digital Creatives participants 2024

Finland's first satellite Aalto-1 space journey ends

The first Finnish satellite, Aalto-1, which has been orbiting the Earth for seven years, will fly over Finland for the last time on Monday and returns to Earth's atmosphere. Aalto-1, built by students and researchers, started a new space age in Finland, says Professor Jaan Praks, who led the project.
Press releases
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Havainnekuva Aalto-1:sta avaruudessa.