🎯 Calling cybersecurity researchers
Apply to the SIBB Association Digital Economy Berlin / Brandenburg Cybersecurity Launchpad (SPIN:RISE)
If you’re working on cybersecurity, data-privacy or trustworthy-AI research and want to take it out of the lab, this opportunity is for you. The Launchpad supports researchers to develop their ideas into start-ups, spin-offs or real-world innovation with practical support and funding.
What’s included:
⇒ 9 weeks of online workshops & mentoring (Oct-Dec 2025)
⇒ 3-day bootcamp in Berlin (Dec 3-5, 2025) ~ fully funded (including accommodation)
⇒ No business plan or team required ~ bring your project and commitment
⇒ Applications reviewed continuously ~ deadline: 15 September 2025
Why this matters:
Programmes like the SiBB Launchpad speed up the path from lab research to impact by combining mentoring, hands-on acceleration and funded opportunities to prototype and pilot.
📌 How SPECTRO complements the Launchpad
SPECTRO provides modular cybersecurity courses, double-degree master’s pathways and industry internships, practical learning routes that help researchers and early-career professionals build the technical and applied skills needed to scale innovations into market-ready solutions.
Explore SPECTRO’s cybersecurity modules (cryptography, ethical hacking, malware, privacy-enhancing tech, quantum communication and more)
⇒ https://eit.icarus.education/spectro/#spectrocourse
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