The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) has finally opened its representative office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This role has been entrusted to the FabLab association from Sarajevo, which has been dedicated and very successful in promoting and supporting domestic talents in science and technology in recent years. We are honored to be invited to present ourselves as a success story: NanoPoli Center, a startup created on the basis of a project supported by EIT and coordinated by the Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Banja Luka, our partner through the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
At the presentation, we first of all emphasized that our partner Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (PMF) is the most successful institution in this fund with 8 implemented projects from this program. PMF‘s EIT projects have resulted in two national patents in the field of nanotechnology, the first coordinating EIT project from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 internationally peer-reviewed papers and opening of the startup NanoPoli Center, as an educational and research company. Also, through this Faculty’s EIT projects, over the past 8 years, 5 excellent students have gained their first months and several of them even years of work experience as research assistants, after which they have been employed in domestic institutions and some have continued their doctoral studies.
The hosts, FabLab, together with EIT representatives from several European Union countries, have enabled the first successful networking of colleagues from all over the country who are engaged in science, technology and capacity building in this field at this festive event. A sincere recommendation to the scientific and professional community to apply for EIT support programs and contribute to the development of the country and its internationalization. Yes, and congratulations to FabLab from the NanoPoli Center ♪♪.