Training – May 27 | Data-Driven Value Creation for European Research Impact and Exploitation
Online via Zoom | May 27 | 9AM – 4PM (CEST)
This is for researchers who want to
- position their research and career with impact and exploitation in alignment with the digital transition
- understand how shared data creates advantages for research and career
Content:
- Shared data to create values for impact and exploitation towards business and sustainability
- Digitalisation: shared data in trustable, traceable and transparent ways
- Realistic impact beyond project duration — digital transition alignment with Horizon Europe requirements for post-project effects and preparing for FP10 expectations
- Impact and exploitation pathways for research and career development from shared data (stronger career and research since progress is motivated by realistic use of data)
- Contribution tracking: how digitally evidenced research contributions recorded today can be traced, valued and rewarded as their impact becomes clear over time, even years after the original work (how you can get reward many years after research contribution)
- Sustainability values and assets — how research contributions support business-motivated sustainable goals (so people actually want to pay for sustainability because it makes money)
- Digital assets and sustainability assets — realistic exploitation of innovation and technology
- New business models by shared data: investment in start-ups without giving away shares; for example expensive equipment (capex cost becomes opex cost, money is used for development instead of being locked in expensive equipment)
- Tokenization: a new investment platform built on evidenced readiness levels — from technology and societal readiness to commercialisation and market readiness
- Case study: tokenization of silicon carbide manufacturing by CS-PVT | a pilot and special purpose vehicle
Workshop fee: 450 EUR. Each event is limited to 15 participants to ensure interaction. Submit the expression of interest form. It is to understand the participants’ career stages and research areas, preferences and desired dates. We will confirm if your preferred date is available after receiving expression of interest. (Expression of interest is not binding).
Given by
Mikael Syväjärvi
Alminica AB
Mats Brodén
Nordic PowerHouse Wallet
Read full description of training module here
Your competitive advantage from digital transition in research and career | Open Forum Apr 23
Open Forum | April 23, 2026 | 10 AM (CEST)
Researchers must store and share data. But data is also something more: It creates values, and those values can create real outcomes: evidenced impact, credible exploitation paths, assets for business and sustainability.
This is what digital transition means in practice, and can be applied for research and career development.
In this open forum we discuss the importance of data, why it matters for your research and your next career step.
The forum is free and open. Join to understand more, contribute with your perspective, and connect with researchers who are interested about the digital transition.
Register
Workshop on European Research in Green Technologies and Impact Potential
Physical (conference cruise) edition June 2-4, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden.
This workshop is part of the “European Workshop Series on Research and Impact Potential”. This is a physical edition with focus on green technologies scenario. It is for researchers who want to position their European research and impact to support their career development. Participants present their research area related to green technologies and its potential impact. They receive structured feedback, become part of a research community with similar interest, and earn a citable presentation credit as a recognized merit.
This broadens your understanding in green technology research regarding European dimension and cross-field perspective in the European research landscape where technologies, EU funding and impact priorities are heading. Hearing how researchers from other green technology fields frame their work and its impact potential gives you new perspectives on your own career positioning and impact thinking.
You learn from each other.
You grow your own case stronger.
| Each presenter has 10 minutes to present their research area and its impact potential, followed by 10 minutes of structured peer feedback and discussion. The workshop opens with an introduction by the organizer on European research-to-impact framework in green technologies. This provides a shared foundation for all presentations and discussions. Next the participants present their cases. | The workshop is held in small group format (maximum 15 participants) so that each case is thoroughly discussed. We use the workshop format so discussion is facilitated within a group instead of traditional conference format which mainly has communication from speaker to audience. |
Between presentations there is time for deeper topical research discussions and personal career reflections between participants.
We use a format which gives much time together. On a cruise ship: Stockholm to Helsinki and back. Three day workshop. We are in addition to presentations together breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, dinner, social time in evening, and half day in Helsinki where we will use walk and talk. Everyone has accommodation at same place (the ship). Then we avoid the typical conference problem in a city with different hotels: a format that breaks up the time we have together. We also avoid the 12 minutes presentation and 3 minutes question format that leaves no time for fruitful discussion.
Workshop fee: €750. It includes accommodation (own cabin with sea view), evening dinners (buffet), breakfasts. Lunch in Helsinki is on your own.
What Presenters Receive
- Structured peer and organizer feedback on their green technologies narrative
- Cross-field perspective on how research and impact potential are framed across green technology areas
- Expansion of their professional European research network
- A citable presentation credit for their CV
Presenters can cite their contribution as: ”Title of talk”, Presented at the Workshop on European Research in Green Technologies and Impact Potential, June 2-4, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden, organized by ICM Research Institute, Sweden
Contact with your interest using the expression of interest form. Only those who proceed with the registration step will have confirmed participation (max 15 participants). There is also a preliminary August edition (Aug 22–24, 2026). If you are not planning to join either edition, fill in the form and you will be the first to receive information about upcoming workshops.
Participants may bring an accompanying person. The cabin is for two. Contact us early for this option for details and accompanying fee.
Stronger postdoctoral fellowship 2026 proposal
Did you submit in 2025, receive a Seal of Excellence, and plan to resubmit in 2026? Is your research in green technologies?
Seal of Excellence re-submission
Green technologies
One way to strengthen your proposal is to consider more about the digital transition of your green technology. The green and digital transition (also called the twin transition) are inseparable. Green technology has limited value without digital. Your proposal becomes more credible and competitive when you can show how digital fits. For example, there are coming requirements such as digital product passports and European data spaces — both necessary for green technology to reach the market.
This aspect can be included in your proposal. It strengthens your proposal by connecting digital transition with the green technology.
How to strengthen your profile before you submit:
Develop an initial research description of digital transition in your field over 3 months. As a Guest Researcher at ICM Research Institute (online mode) you will build this description, present your model in August at a focussed workshop, and receive a certificate: Digital Transition in [research topic], Presented at the 2026 Workshop on Digital Transition for Green Technologies, August 2026, ICM Research Institute, Alminica AB, Sweden. Both the Guest Researcher affiliation and the workshop presentation are citable merits, and useful for the September submission.
Timeline: Kick-off early May, mid-term sharing and feedback (mid June, work-in-progress versions are shared between group members who reflect on each others digital transition approaches), all participants present in August workshop and receive peer feedback. Presentation is 10 minutes and peer feedback is 10 minutes. Presentation is mandatory for certificate.
Fill in application form and send to email address in the form.
Non-academic placement – info meet March 31
Applying for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026?
Non academic placement as added value to your career and 6 extra months of funding. We have non-academic placement that includes travelling to meet cases and relevant events. The topic is shared data and digitalization to create values towards business and sustainability from research and innovation.
What does this mean?
– Whatever you do in research, it is a part of value/supply chain. That chain can only optimize by sharing data between the chain links.
– There is coming digital product passport. Your product (it will be at some point a product) will need to share data about origin, energy, etc. The data can actually also be used to create values, so not only for fulfilling regulatory requirements.
– The data creates an added value, that will be a digital asset. Also, when evidencing energy/CO2, that will be a sustainability assets.
This can be applied to your project. It is an added value. Want to hear more about how shared data and non-academic placement suits your next career step after fellowship period?
Join the info meet March 31 at 10 AM (CET).
European Workshop Series on Research and Impact Potential
A professional workshop series for researchers who want to build and position their research impact potential as part of their career development.
Participants present their research area and its potential impact. They receive structured feedback, become part of a research community with similar interest, and earn a citable presentation credit as a recognized merit.
Read about the Workshop Series
European Research-to-Impact Forum Series | Premiere March 12
The European Research-to-Impact Forum Series is a structured forum where researchers discuss how scientific results translate into societal, technological and strategic impact.
It is a flexible mode of presentation and dialogue from which participants strengthen their impact positioning and expand their European research network.
The “European Research-to-Impact Forum Series” is for those MSCA researchers wo are interested to understand more about impact and exploitation, and how that will be useful for research and career. It is a meetup where participants discuss from their interest and experiences. It is a series where there will be meetups and presentations. Over time that builds more understanding about impact and exploitation for research and career.
First Forum: March 12 | 10 AM (CET)
European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme – Spring 2026 Cohort
April 2026 Cohort – Now Open
Horizon Europe 2026–2027 increasingly evaluates structured impact pathways, sustainability metrics and digital integration. This programme supports researchers in positioning accordingly.
MSCA Sweden announces the opening of the April 2026 Cohort of the Level 1 – European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme
A structured 3-month programme supporting researchers in developing strategic competence in impact and exploitation within the European research landscape. While the training remains fully individual, cohort-based participation enables:
- Coordinated start and progression
- Selected joint strategic sessions
- Peer-level professional momentum
- Stronger alumni foundation
Programme Focus
Participants develop structured competence in:
- Integrating impact and exploitation into research design
- Aligning research with EU frameworks (Digital Product Passport, European Data Spaces, sustainability metrics)
- Digital transition and value creation from shared data
- Strategic positioning within European innovation ecosystems
- Building momentum, network and long-term research relevance
Each participant develops a concrete: Strategic Impact & Exploitation Position Document
Completion leads to certification. This is a cohort version of the Level 1 – European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme
Duration
From early April to end of June 2026
(Individual mentoring + selected joint sessions)
Spring 2026 Cohort Launch Benefit
Programme Fee: €1,500
Spring Cohort Benefit: €1,350 (10% launch benefit)
Limited places to ensure structured guidance.
Who Is This For?
Doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and research-active professionals who want to:
- Move beyond publication-only merit systems
- Create realistic exploitation pathways
- Strengthen EU-level competitiveness
- Integrate sustainability and digital transition strategically
- Position for MSCA, Horizon Europe and future FP10 calls
If you would like to explore whether the programme aligns with your research and career trajectory, you are welcome to contact:
contact@mscasweden.se
Led by Dr Mikael Syväjärvi
With experience across FP5, FP6, H2020, Horizon Europe, EIC Pathfinder, doctoral networks, deeptech entrepreneurship and European Smart Specialisation Strategy development, the programme integrates academic excellence with entrepreneurial impact.
Connect with Mikael on LinkedIn
Research and career | Feb 26, 2026
Online forum Feb 26, 2026 | 10 AM (CET)
Mikael Syväjärvi (founder of MSCA Sweden) has experience based on working 26 years in academia and since 2005 in entrepreneurial activites. He has made the journey of rejected funding applications, and how to shift that to build up collaborations and partnerships for being involved in proposals and other activities which benefit research and career.
The MSCA training is based on that and his learnings from others during the 30+ years.
The research and career needs support by evidencing impact and exploitation. Funding proposals require impact. The importance of impact and exploitation is seen in Horizon 2026-2027, and will not be less in FP10.
Read about our training
In this informal meeting Mikael will share some practices and experiences to those interested in research and innovation for impact and exploitation.