🦾 Innovation Space, an innovation hub established at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, has received the Highly Commended Silver Award at the 2026 Reuters Events Global Sustainability Awards in the Social Impact category.
✔️ The joint project of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, product-based IT company OBRIO, and the Genesis for Ukraine Charity Foundation was launched in May 2025.
⚙️ Today, it is an ecosystem that brings together engineering education, research, and practical development. It houses 3D printing, modelling, design, and scanning laboratories, while also supporting the development of startups and new certificate programmes.
Since the hub began its work:
🔹 More than 100 veterans, students, and researchers have taken part in its activities;
🔹 Over 70 prototypes have been developed;
🔹 25 orthoses have been created for veterans.
🤝 Congratulations to the Innovation Space team on this international recognition! The award confirms that the engineering expertise of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, strengthened through cooperation with partners, is being transformed into practical technological solutions: personalised prosthetic and rehabilitation devices for people with limb amputations.
🔗 Read more about the project in media reports.
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