"How to spot the most talented innovators"
There is an enormous potential at European universities in terms of clever and motivated students with great ideas. Unfortunately, they lack a number of things:1° Experience with marketing their ideas
2° Experience with bureaucratic procedures
3° The financial back-up to allow them to try
4° The leniency towards potential failure (here a European mindset differs from a US mindset)
5° The opportunity to bridge gaps between disciplines (building bridges between commercial engineering, civil engineering, social sciences, etc.)
The EU sometimes misses a crucial link with what happens "on the ground". Most of the EU's funds traditionally went to those who had the means and knowledge to attract these funds. Nonetheless, I am convinced the EU is working on these issues. At least this is what I understand from this article.
