Success Stories from our Global network

"Connections made at one of Crowdhelix's 2025 Horizon Europe matchmaking events directly led to the ACU joining a consortium for HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-D1-07: Implementing the climate action pillar of the EU-AU partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy. A proposal was successfully submitted in September, 2025 that includes the ACU as a work package leader. Crowdhelix's events have been a powerful tool for creating new and diverse networks for the ACU to build upon. We look forward to future connections and submission of this kind."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

Crowdhelix has been instrumental in forging successful R&D collaborations for my company Digiotouch. Special thanks to Crowdhelix for facilitating the connection between Digiotouch and NTNU who invited us to join a consortium, resulting in the funded BIAS project under the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-24.

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

Many thanks to Crowdhelix for helping my team and I contribute towards the preparation and submission of a large-scale international collaborative network (led by Birmingham University) to produce systemic, end-to-end, solutions that protect environmental and human health from persistent and mobile chemicals. Crowdhelix's work in the proposal was particularly useful in the area of impact acceleration and designing clustering activities.

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

I would like to thank Crowdhelix for helping me to connect with a prospective collaborator following a post I made on the platform in response to the Green Deal call. This post was subsequently matched and ultimately resulted in my organisation joining a consortium of 26 partners across Europa and Africa jointly submitting a funding application. We now await the full results from the European Commission. Many thanks to Crowdhelix for helping to facilitate this part of the match-making process.

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

As a direct result from working with Crowdhelix, IBM Ireland, along with UCL and UK-based SME Yaqrit, won a €6 million project from Horizon 2020.

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

"The Pathfinder Helix webinar was almost perfect for me. I always had questions on communication and dissemination activities, management of intellectual property in the projects related to the technologies at low TRL (up to TRL4). Most of them were answered and I noted some important insights for the future."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

"We are very pleased to have recently joined the Crowdhelix Open Innovation Network. In fact it only took 2 weeks for us to be profiled and matched to a Horizon Europe coordinator, and we are now in our first consortium facilitated by Crowdhelix. We look forward to engaging more in the platform, raising our profile and connecting our skills and capabilities with world leading research organisations and innovative companies."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

"My expertise was matched to a collaboration opportunity posted by one of the Crowdhelix members from Ireland. After a quick exchange on the Crowdhelix platform, I was invited to join a proposal on sustainable food systems. I am pleased to confirm that we submitted the proposal in the summer and are now awaiting the results. Many thanks to the Crowdhelix team for flagging this opportunity to me and facilitating the connection."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

"Following the Crowdhelix Pathfinder Helix workshop, FRESCI was connected to an emerging consortium in translational biomedicine. This proposal is now submitted and FRESCI is delighted to be part of the consortium playing an integral innovation management role."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center

"Through the Crowdhelix platform, I got acquainted with many excellent partners. This resulted in composing international consortia and submitting applications to several calls focused on innovative materials and healthcare. Apart from the already submitted proposals, I am still in contact with some of the partners and we are currently working on Horizon Europe applications. I would very much recommend this platform to other scientists interested in collaborative research."

Professor Fazilet Vardar, Director of SUNUM-Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research Center