5 projects
All five H2020 projects (KAM2SouthPL series) focused on enhancing SME innovation management capacity through EEN services.
Organization
WYZSZA SZKOLA INFORMATYKI I ZARZADZANIA Z SIEDZIBA W RZESZOWIE
Polish university in Rzeszów delivering Enterprise Europe Network SME innovation coaching and key account management in southeastern Poland.
University with EEN innovation support rolesocietyPLNo active H2020 projectsThin data (2/5)
H2020 projects
5
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
€82K
Unique partners
8
What they do
Their core work
WSIiZ is a private university in Rzeszów, southeastern Poland, that operates as a regional node of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). Their H2020 involvement centers on providing innovation coaching and key account management services to SMEs benefiting from EU funding instruments like the SME Instrument, Fast Track to Innovation, and FET-Open. In practice, they help small companies in southern Poland navigate EU innovation programmes, improve their innovation management capacity, and connect with European partners.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
5 projects
Continuous participation in KAM2SouthPL from 2014 to 2021, delivering EEN key account management for EU-funded SMEs.
EU funding instrument support (SME Instrument, FTI, FET-Open, EIC Pilot)secondary
3 projects
Later projects (2019-2021) expanded scope from SME Instrument coaching to include Fast Track to Innovation, FET-Open, and EIC Pilot beneficiaries.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
SME Instrument coaching
Recent focus
Multi-instrument EIC support
WSIiZ's H2020 trajectory shows a consistent but gradually expanding role in SME support. Early projects (2014-2016) focused narrowly on SME Instrument coaching and basic innovation management capacity building. From 2019 onward, their scope broadened to include support for FTI, FET-Open, and EIC Pilot beneficiaries, reflecting the EU's own evolution of innovation funding instruments.
WSIiZ is tracking the EU's shift from individual SME instruments toward the unified EIC framework, positioning itself as a broader innovation support hub for southeastern Poland.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: specialist_contributorReach: Local1 countries collaborated
WSIiZ operates exclusively as a participant — never as coordinator — in a single recurring project series with the same Polish consortium. With only 8 unique partners all from one country, they function as a stable regional delivery node rather than an internationally networked institution. This suggests they are reliable for locally-scoped EEN tasks but not a gateway to diverse European partnerships.
Their network is entirely domestic, with 8 Polish partners across the KAM2SouthPL consortium. This reflects their role as a regional EEN node serving the Podkarpackie voivodeship rather than an internationally connected research university.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
WSIiZ fills a specific niche: university-based EEN innovation support in southeastern Poland, a region with growing but underserved SME innovation activity. For anyone building a consortium that needs a reliable Polish partner for SME outreach and innovation coaching in the Rzeszów area, they bring continuity — seven years of unbroken EEN service delivery. However, their profile is narrow and their international network is limited.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- KAM2SouthPL2Ran continuously from 2015 to 2021 across four funding periods, demonstrating sustained EU trust in their regional SME support delivery.
- KAM2SouthPLThe original 2014 project that established WSIiZ as an EEN node for SME innovation coaching in southern Poland.
Cross-sector capabilities
SME innovation supportTechnology transfer advisoryRegional economic developmentEU funding navigation
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