IDEAS - INNOVATION - IMPACT
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Ideas Competition 2025
Turn your ideas into reality!
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IDEAS - INNOVATION - IMPACT
Ideas Competition 2025
Become a founder with EXIST Women!

Transfer Center enaCom

We see ourselves as an intermediary, translator and catalyst between science and stakeholders outside the scientific community. Our work focuses on making research results available for the benefits of society. enaCom is the central point of contact for all matters relating to University knowledge and technology transfer – for University of Bonn members and everyone else being interested to co-operate with us.

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News
“Start-up Transfer.NRW” Funding for Smart AI Assistant
Led by economist Dr. Jan Bergerhoff and computer scientist Adolfo Santamónica, the Heinzel AI project at the University of Bonn is developing an AI-powered “little helper” (“Heinzelmännchen” in German) for businesses. The smart AI assistance that it provides is designed to help firms familiarize a talking AI with their company-specific data, thus enabling it to make applications, invoices and forms much easier to process, for example. The Heinzel AI project has been awarded nearly €300,000 in “Start-up Transfer.NRW” funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the European Union.
Your big chance in the 2025 Ideas Competition
Does your idea have the potential to change our society and, ideally, solve a pressing problem? Then apply to this year's ideas competition organized by the Transfer Center enaCom at the University of Bonn! Here you have the chance to present and develop your idea further, with the aim of turning it into reality. On top of that, there is prize money of €1,000 up for grabs. You can submit your idea outline until November 10, 2025.
Ideas That Become Reality: how the Ideas Competition opens doors
It all started with an idea: to develop a reliable, standardised, body-like system for producing 3D cell models for use in preclinical studies. Researcher Yaroslav Zaplatnikov was among the winners of the Transfer Centre enaCom's 2024 Ideas Competition with this concept. The project “Cytosphere X” has now successfully secured a Go-Bio Initial grant from the BMFTR to further develop and validate the prototype. In the interview, the initiator explains how the idea came about, what support enaCom provided, and offers tips for participants in the ideas competition.
Creative inspiration through exciting events
Learn practical methods and tools that will take you from your initial idea to a successful business model in the exciting workshops and events of the Transfer Center enaCom! As a highlight this winter semester, there will be two events that call on your creativity: the Ideas Competition and the Impact Pitch Night give you the opportunity to present your innovative ideas and win up to €3,000.
Upcoming Events
From Idea to Startup in 3h
online
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Experience the fast track from concept to startup in just three hours. This intensive workshop guides you through market research, business model creation, ...
Your Idea at the Idea's Competition at University of Bonn
Online Submission
Whole Day
At the University of Bonn, we all have a broad spectrum of diverse, innovative and socially relevant knowledge from student theses, dissertations or research ...
Mastering the Art of Sales: Part 2
Transfer Center enaCom, ...
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Selling Strategies, Persuasive Sales Scripts, and Closing Deals - Sales isn’t something you can postpone – it starts on day one. Early-stage founding ...
Gründungsstammtisch
DIGITALHUB, Am ...
05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Du spielst mit dem Gedanken ein Start-up zu gründen? Du hast bereits gegründet und kannst erste Erfahrungen teilen? Suchst du vielleicht noch nach dem ...

Ideas Competition @Uni Bonn 2025

We want your ideas! The Transfer Center enaCom's Ideas Competition gives you the opportunity to turn your ideas into reality. You can get advice and develop your idea during our free weekly consultation hours (Wednesdays, 9-10 a.m., online). Get started now and submit your idea by November 10, 2025!

Transfer Strategy

The University of Bonn has adopted a transfer strategy that describes the central aspects and objectives of knowledge and technology transfer. It serves as an orientation for a common understanding of transfer that promotes the exchange between science and society, which takes place at different levels and by different means. With its Excellence Strategy, the University of Bonn emphasizes its impact orientation and would like to systematically expand this further.

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Start-up

From the initial check to individual coaching, we help University members to turn ideas into successful start-ups.

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Inventions and Patents

Patents protect research results and facilitate commercialization. enaCom helps to identify, protect, market and commercialize inventions.

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Business and Society

enaCom enables to collaborate successfully: science, together with business and society, we take responsibility for innovations.

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Funding Opportunities

enaCom helps to select and submit applications for public funding programs focused on different start-up or transfer projects.

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Networking

enaCom is partner in different networks focusing on knowledge transfer to promote the exchange of science with all external stakeholders.

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Qualification

enaCom offers a variety of events on soft skills, professional skills and networking with transfer partners.

Call for start-up mentors

Support the University of Bonn as a mentor to accompany start-up projects to success. The Transfer Center enaCom has created a platform where you can contribute your potential as a mentor while supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. Register and become part of our inspiring network of experienced executives, (industry) experts and innovative start-ups.

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Communion

enaCom is committed to promoting transfer of knowledge and technology. We combine different transfer activities from all research areas of the University. We document successful transfer formats and give them visibility. We present best practices from within the University and act as a showcase for the most exciting transfer projects to the outside world.

Communication

enaCom informs about innovative research results close to application. We talk about science offering meet-ups for different stakeholders in business and society. As a central point of contact and gateway for co-operation, we connect all stakeholders inside and outside the University.

Commitment

enaCom is committed to all stakeholders interested in knowledge exchange; researchers and students, as well as practitioners and citizens outside the academic community. Dialogue promotes a broad, research-based transfer of knowledge. We therefore speak both languages, the language of academics and the language of professionals.

Companion

enaCom provides individual consulting and assistance to support the multidimensional transfer activities of the University. We always help existing and future partners inside and outside the University and provide unbureaucratic, efficient service.

Commercialisation

enaCom handles all matters concerning utilization of the excellent research results achieved by the University. We provide information on the options available for protecting intellectual property rights and how to bring inventions to start-up.

Contact

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Sandra Speer

Head of Section

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Brühler Straße 7

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Dennis Daseking

Deputy Head of Section

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Brühler Str. 7

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Claudia Morales

Office Manager

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Brühler Straße 7

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