RESTLESS – empoweRing univErsity Students Through heaLth EntrepreneurShip trainingS
Project title: empoweRing univErsity Students Through heaLth EntrepreneurShip TrainingS
Project acronym: RESTLESS
Coordinating institution name: Univeristy of Silesia in Katowice
Partners:
- GRANTXPERT CONSULTING LIMITED (Cypr),
- THE FACTORY P.C. (Grecja),
- KLINIKUM DER UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN (Niemcy),
- UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR (Portugalia),
Duration: 24 months
Funding from the Erasmus+ programme: €250,000
The RESTLESS project aims to inspire, train, and strengthen the market position of students by educating and improving their skills and knowledge in the areas of entrepreneurship, digital, and green (environmental) competencies.
They are crucial in the era of economic digitization for increasing the innovation potential of all industries, including the healthcare sector. This sector in particular faces many social and medical challenges that can be solved with innovative ideas.
As part of the RESTLESS project, universities and SMEs from Poland, Germany, Portugal, Greece, and Cyprus will design a training programme to develop skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship, digital technologies, and ecology, and to raise participants’ awareness in key health-related areas. Students and graduates specializing in medicine, natural sciences, business, engineering, and ICT will have the opportunity to join the Health Entrepreneurship Bootcamps programme and present their ideas at the final conference.
The main objectives of the project are:
– equipping students and graduates of medicine, natural sciences, engineering, business, and ICT with the skills required by the medical industry of the future (including entrepreneurial, digital, and ecological skills) and providing them with the basics for starting their own business;
– to inspire, empower, and train both students and graduates from various fields (medicine, natural sciences, business, engineering, ICT) and equip them with the relevant skills needed for the digital and green transformation of the health sector;
– inspiring, training, and enabling students and/or graduates of these fields to start a business in the health sector by creating products or services that respond to social challenges related to health;
– encouraging all partners to share their experiences in order to identify best practices in integrating entrepreneurship related to the health sector, digital and green skills into the curriculum.
Activities realised as part of the project:
An online course available on the Moodle platform of the University of Silesia in Katowice, aimed at students and anyone interested in developing entrepreneurial, innovative, and managerial skills.
The course programme combines academic knowledge with a practical approach to business, with a particular focus on management, communication, commercialization of innovation, marketing, health and medicine, and start-up creation.
The course allows you to gain:
- practical knowledge useful in business and academic environments,
- development of soft and leadership skills,
- understanding of innovation commercialization processes (especially in the health & medtech sector),
- a certificate of completing each module, confirming the acquired competences.
Course structure:
The course consists of 10 independent modules that can be completed at a flexible pace:
- Agile Business Models,
- Leadership Skills & Entrepreneurial Mindset,
- Aspects of Communication and Cooperation in Entrepreneurship,
- The Meaning of Personal Effectiveness in Entrepreneurship,
- Development and Commercialization of New Health and MedTech Products,
- Sustainability in Health and MedTech Businesses,
- Business Opportunities for Healthcare Startups – Funding Opportunities,
- Presenting Your Startup Idea to Stakeholders for Funding. A Step-by-Step Guide,
- Learning from Other People’s Mistakes – Failure Stories in Health & MedTech Entrepreneurship,
- Technology vs Business vs Market Readiness Levels.
After completing each module, participants receive a certificate confirming their competence in a given area.
Access to the course
The course is available online on the Moodle platform: https://el.us.edu.pl/restless/
- Students of the University of Silesia in Katowice can enroll in the course by logging in via the Central Login Point (CAS).
- Other participants can take part in the course after creating an account on the platform (detailed instructions are available on the course website).
- RESTLESS Health Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Organized on November 24-25, 2025, at spinPLACE (ul. Bankowa 5, Katowice).
A two-day intensive educational and business event aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills in the health sector among university students and graduates. The bootcamp combined structured training with practical application of knowledge in the form of a hackathon, enabling participants to move from identifying a health problem to creating a working prototype solution (MVP – Minimum Viable Product).
For two days, interdisciplinary teams worked on real prototypes in the following areas:
- Mental health and wellbeing,
- Preventive medicine and lifestyle,
- Care for the elderly,
- Access to healthcare.
During the boot camp, participants were able to deepen their knowledge in the following areas:
- Challenge deep dive,
- Design thinking,
- Needs analysis,
- Business model Canvas,
- Pitch training.
The projects were evaluated by the jury in terms of:
- Innovation and creativity,
- Business feasibility,
- Business profitability,
- Realism,
- Presentation and transparency.
By attending the boot camp, participants gained:
– „A” grade in the Entrepreneurship course,
– A working prototype – which could serve as the basis for a thesis,
– An Erasmus+ certificate (16 hours of certified training),
– Material prizes for the top three teams,
– Mentoring for selected projects,
– Networking with entrepreneurs from the health-tech industry.
Additionally, the teams that come in first and second place will receive a trip for one representative to the final conference of the RESTLESS project in Cyprus (costs covered by the project), and the other members of the finalist teams will receive material prizes.
The event regulations are available here: https://us.edu.pl/student/komunikaty/restless-health-entrepreneurship-bootcamp/
Do you have an idea on how to improve healthcare? Or maybe you want to have one? Join a two-day boot camp where you will create a prototype solution in an interdisciplinary team.
So what will you be working on?
You’ll pick one of four areas:
- Mental health and wellbeing.
- Preventive medicine and lifestyle.
- Care for the elderly.
- Access to healthcare.
What does it look like?
Day 1: Workshops, team formation, challenge selection, start of work
Day 2: Prototyping, consultations with experts, presentations, results
When? November 24-25, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (both days), spinPLACE UŚ, Katowice
Who is it for?
For students and graduates of all fields – computer science, engineering, medicine, psychology, business, biotechnology, design. We need different perspectives to create innovations that work.
You don’t need to have business experience. You just need to be willing to try.
What will you get?
„A” grade for completing the Entrepreneurship module – this is usually the main reason why people participate.
But also:
- A prototype that you can develop further (e.g., as a thesis),
- A certificate (16 hours of international training),
- Awards for the top 3 teams,
- Mentoring,
- Contacts with people from other fields and universities.
How to sign up? Just fill out the application form. There are 30 places available. Recruitment will continue until the limit is reached.
If you have any questions, please write to: rafal.lubanski@us.edu.pl
RESTLESS is an international Erasmus+ project implemented by universities from five European countries. It’s coordinated by the University of Silesia.