Jano Costard
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Head of Challenges @SPRIND - Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation. Leading Challenges in drug development, biotech, climatetech, energy, computing & more.
Joined May 2019
RT @RonitKanwar: This is our second major partnership with a government research agency!. So excited to be partnering with @SPRIND, Germany….
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Join our webinar on 10 July to learn more about how @RenPhil21 x @SPRIND accelerates innovation programs! .Acceleration matters to us, with 14 days time-to-money, flexible use of funds & unbureaucratic process you'll be surprised to learn more about this German gov agency.
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RT @RenPhil21: The internet, mRNA vaccines, and self-driving cars all came from ARPA-style programs led by technical visionaries. Yet ther….
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Creating a German @DARPA is absolutely necessary and a great chance to build an innovative agency. We have shown with @SPRIND that it works.
How Germany’s innovation agency wants to set up a military offshoot. SPRIND explains how it could use Germany’s stimulus package to boost European defence.
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RT @BritishProgress: 💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress. Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for gr….
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RT @eric_is_weird: In my first job the @StevenDLevitt think/do tank, I had many ideas that didn't work. But one lived on past me and the te….
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RT @SPRIND: WAS IST EIGENTLICH ECHT?.Erste Challenge Days Deepfake Detection and Prevention in Leipzig . https://t.c….
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"Bei der Form der Förderung muss auch der Staat selbst innovativer werden. Sie (@SPRIND) zeigt, wie mit den sogenannten Challenges noch nicht marktreife Technologien und Lösungen beschleunigt werden können." @roberthabeck @rafbuff
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When it comes to funding breakthrough innovation, don't put all eggs in one basket. That's why we run @SPRIND Challenges. Plus, there are many more reasons to run innovation competitions.
Viewpoint: Competition between innovators beats picking winners. The founding director of @SPRIND, Germany’s innovation agency, Rafael Laguna @rafbuff and researcher and writer @thomasramge draw lessons from its first five years of operation - via @scibus.
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