BOKU:BASE
Under the umbrella of BOKU:BASE (BOKU Activities Supporting Entrepreneurship), BOKU promotes entrepreneurial thinking and action and is the contact point for innovation and entrepreneurship. We see ourselves as a springboard for innovation, paving the way for ideas, technologies and strategies for sustainable development in society. BOKU:BASE trains responsible designers who contribute to the development of holistic solutions to social challenges.
Our offer comprises three areas:
- Education & SDGs: For students, we offer a targeted range of courses that support them in the implementation of their project idea. In addition to a focus on the implementation of sustainable ideas and the development of start-ups, we cooperate with other universities to promote inter- and transdisciplinary teams and ideas. In addition, promising projects have the opportunity to use our co-working space and network with our community - both internally and externally.
- Research & IP: We support and accompany researchers in the start-up process and offer customized advice on intellectual property (IP) and patents. As part of university spin-offs, we provide spin-offs with professional support in the commercialization of research results. We are the point of contact for matters such as invention disclosures, patent and license management, start-ups and spin-offs, and help researchers with the commercial implementation of innovative ideas.
- Labs & Infrastructure: By providing laboratory space and premises at our Türkenschanze, Muthgasse and Tulln sites, we aim to promote the prototyping and testing of new ideas and products. With the Core Facilities, BOKU provides state-of-the-art equipment such as instruments and large-scale devices. Start-up teams can optimize ideas and scientific findings here and develop them to market maturity.
As a university of life, we place particular value on interdisciplinary cooperation and exchange with society. As part of our events, we network students and researchers with relevant players from the start-up scene.
Your contact persons at BOKU Vienna
Mag. Michael Ambros -Education & SDGs
Michael Ambros has been working in the field of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education at BOKU since 2013. In addition to international corporate experience in the automotive industry, he brings a wealth of expertise from the world of fair trade and sustainable entrepreneurship. He is particularly interested in the tension between profit and non-profit orientation on the one hand and social and ecological responsibility on the other.
Mag.a Michaela Amstötter-Visotschnig - Research & IP
Michaela is Head of Research & IP at BOKU:BASE. The focus of her work is the supervision of spin-off projects. She accompanies spin-offs from the idea to the foundation and far beyond. Michaela has been working in technology transfer at BOKU since 2014. From 2014 to 2018 she was BOKU project manager of the HRSM cooperation project ECN - Entrepreneurship Center Network, a cooperation that still exists today. Before joining BOKU, she studied Economics - Management Science at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Dr. Doris Schmidt, Bsc Msc - Labs & Infrastructure
Dr. Doris Schmidt heads the Labs & Infrastructure department at BOKU:BASE, which provides laboratories and office space to university start-ups and spin-offs in the initial phases. Her work focuses on the management and coordination of laboratories and infrastructure at the BOKU sites. Before gaining experience in the private sector, she studied earth sciences and environmental geosciences at the University of Vienna and has been a volunteer on the board and in disaster relief for the Workers' Samaritan Federation for many years.
Contact: base@boku.ac.at
