Center for Innovation and Business Development

<p>The goal of the BIOS In-Cube project is to gather the academic community throughout Serbia, including scientific research organizations, to promote business opportunities in the form of startups ready for the global market. Development of a culture of innovation and commercialization of scientific results to realize wider economic and social benefits, focusing on applying advanced solutions in agriculture, food production, ecology, and biosystems in general are specific goals of the project. The mission of the BIOS In-Cube is to provide support in bridging the gap between research within Academia and entrepreneurship.</p>


Milica Trajković

Jelena Jojić

Jelena Jojić graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad. During her master’s studies, she had an opportunity to work in MK Group and finish her internship program in Foreign Trade Department. In parallel with her first work experience, Jelena was doing research about microorganisms on Natural-mathematical and Agricultural Faculty and pest control on several localities in Vojvodina. After her Master’s degree, Jelena worked as a Chemical Sales Representative in two Agricultural pharmacies and successfully expanded the sale of pesticides within the region of Novi Sad. She worked with over 200 farmers, giving them instructions on pesticide treatment and plant protection. Jelena joined the Center for Innovation and Business Development of the BioSense Institute since October 2022.

Marija Milić obtained a BSc degree in International Relations and European integration at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. She successfully finished her internship at the European Affairs Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in 2022. During that one-year internship period, she had the opportunity to gain experience working on EU programmes and projects, organizing different types of events, and participating in several training courses. The training course ‘Possibilities for Financing through the EU Funds’ gave her base knowledge for further engagement in EU programmes and projects. Marija joined the BioSense Institute in October 2022 as a Project Management Assistant, working on communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities on H2020 and HE projects.

Marija Milić

Ms. Milica Trajkovic (F) is a certified PMI project manager professional (PMP), experienced in EU funded projects focused on Digital Agriculture and development of ICTs for AgriFood value chain. As a Head of Business Development Department, she is responsible for building new and maintaining fruitful partnership network of the Institute both with industry and academia in Serbia and across Europe. Milica manages multi-national and cross-sectoral consortia, supports Institute in new project preparations (from an idea to design and proposal establishment) and brings AgTech market trends closer to the BioSense scientists. One of her goals is to foster entrepreneurial mentality among Institutes’ employees and support them in their own entrepreneurship endeavors. In addition, she facilitates business acceleration for high-tech startups, SMEs and web entrepreneurs from the region with the main aim to bring start-up tech community closer to the AgriFood sector.

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BIOS In-Cube – Program for the formation and development of innovation incubators in scientific and research organizations in the Republic of Serbia

Centar za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja

<p>Cilj BIOS In-Cube projekta jeste da okupi akademsku zajednicu širom Srbije, uključujući naučnoistraživačke organizacije i da promoviše poslovne mogućnosti u vidu startapova spremnih za globalno tržište. Razvoj kulture inovacija i komercijalizacija naučnih rezultata za ostvarivanje širih ekonomskih i društvenih koristi, sa fokusom na primenu naprednih rešenja u poljoprivredi, proizvodnji hrane, ekologiji i biosistemima uopšte, glavni su ciljevi projekta. Misija BIOS In-Cube je da pruži podršku u premošćavanju jaza između istraživanja u okviru akademije i preduzetništva.</p>


Jelena Jojić diplomirala je na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu u Novom Sadu. Tokom magistarskih studija imala je priliku da radi u MK Grupi i da završi program prakse u Odseku za spoljnu trgovinu. Uporedo sa prvim radnim iskustvom, Jelena se bavila istraživanjem mikroorganizama na Prirodno-matematičkom i Poljoprivrednom fakultetu i suzbijanjem štetočina na više lokaliteta u Vojvodini. Jelena je nakon magistarske diplome radila kao predstavnica prodaje hemikalija u dve poljoprivredne apoteke i uspešno je proširila prodaju pesticida na području Novog Sada. Radila je sa više od 200 poljoprivrednika, dajući im uputstva o tretmanu pesticida i zaštiti bilja. Jelena se pridružila Centru za inovacije i poslovni razvoj Instituta BioSense od oktobra 2022. godine.

Marija Milić radi kao menadžer na projektima u Centru za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja. Diplomirala je međunarodnu politiku i evropske integracije na Fakultetu političkih nauka, Univerziteta u Beogradu. Uspešno je završila jednogodišnju radnu praksu u Fondu “Evropski poslovi” APV, gde je imala priliku da stekne iskustvo radeći na projektima koji su finansirani iz fondova Evropske unije. Tokom trajanja prakse završila je kurs “Mogućnosti finansiranja putem EU fondova” koji joj je pružio osnovu za dalje usavršavanje u oblasti programa i projekata EU. U oktobru 2022. godine pridružuje se timu instituta BioSens, gde nastavlja svoju karijeru radeći prvenstveno na projetima Horizon 2020 i Horizon Europe, u okviru kojih radi na aktivnostima komunikacije i disiminacije.

Milica Trajković je sertifikovani projektni menadžer (Project Management Professional – PMP) od strane prestižnog Instituta za projektni menadžment (Project Management Institute), sa iskustvom u projektima finansiranim od strane Evropske Komisije u oblasti digitalne poljoprivrede i razvoja IKT sektora za poljoprivredu i industriju hrane.
Kao rukovodilac Centra za Inovacije i razvoj poslovanja, ona je odgovorna za izgradnju novih i održavanje uspešnih partnerskih veza kako sa partnerima iz industrije, tako i sa akademskom zajednicom u Srbiji i Evropi. Milica rukovodi multinacionalnim projektima koji obuhvataju nekoliko različitih industrijskih sektora; rukovodi razvojem i pisanjem novih projekata (od ideje do pisanja i realizacije projektnih aktivnosti) i pruža informacije o trendovima na AgTech tržištu istraživačima Instituta. Jedan od njenih ciljeva je snažna podrška preduzetničkim poduhvatima naučnika Instituta. Uz to, Milica podstiče razvoj visokotehnoloških stratapova, MSPP sektora iz Srbije i regiona sa osnovnim ciljem da približi tehničko-tehnološku scenu regiona poljoprovredi i industriji hrane.

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