Podkarpackie Centre for Innovation in Poland brings science and business together. 

The Podkarpackie Centre for Innovation (PCI) in Rzeszów, eastern Poland, gives researchers, SMEs and students access to top quality research and development facilities. This is promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. The center opened in December 2017 and helps Podkarpackie’s universities transfer their knowledge and technologies to the private sector. Collaboration between these two sectors is helping spin-off companies and innovative projects get off the ground. PCI’s activities are mainly based on combining science and business and on developing the skills of researchers and university students. Finding the right source of financing can be difficult, which is why support for Podkarpackie R&D projects is considered a priority at the center, as is generating an entrepreneurial culture among students and scientists.