Innovation projects

Innovation projects allow the exploration of emerging fields. They represent one of the main characteristics of EPFL and its know-how in encouraging transdisciplinary collaborations, thus ensuring that its research and innovation have a scientific, economic and societal impact.

Distinguished by theme, innovation projects play a transversal role and allow the five EPFL faculties, the two colleges and the extended campuses to collaborate in order to carry out interdisciplinary research projects.

Innovation initiatives

Social Impact

EPFL Tech4Dev aims to implement innovative technological solutions that can scale and reach a growing number of beneficiaries in the global South. The initiative is one among a few that explores novel ways for universities to contribute to the economic, social, and environmental development in the global South, and advances these current approaches with its dedicated technological entrepreneurship angle.

Tech4Dev

Technology in the service of sport

EPFL is a scientific advisor for the field of sport and is part of the SMART MOVE network. The latter brings together 9 academic institutions, offering know-how and infrastructure to athletes, federations and companies to develop their performance and expertise. Smart Move also offers a very wide range of training and research.

SportsTech

Space Innovation

Space Innovation builds on the multi-domain relevance of space technologies to support the development of innovative projects in the space sector.

Space Innovation