Abstract
Innovation is at the heart of Europe’s growth strategy. However, Europe lags behind its international competitors in converting investment in Public Research Organisation PRO research into commercial returns via innovation. The solution lies in improving the transfer of technology from PROs to industry but there are many barriers to effective technology transfer, including: Most Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in PROs are small, underfunded and under-skilled; a small investor pool and long timescales make it difficult to secure finance and; there is poor understanding between IP creators, exploiters, funders and end-users. To address these barriers, PROGRESS-TT will transfer the expertise of Europe’s leading PROs to those with the greatest potential to grow. We will gather best practice from leading PROs and thought leaders and formulate it into Europe’s most definitive TT tools, methods and insight. We will then begin a programme of knowledge transfer tailored to the audience’s level of ‘readiness’ to grow. This will include: • Training, workshops, boot camps and e-learning delivered to emerging PROs and TT funds to develop their core skills • Intensive coaching and mentoring for high potential PROs to accelerate their TT activity. We will form ‘teams’ comprising experienced TTO performers, industry, funds and high potential PROs to develop capability, capacity, opportunity, desire, and to build a supportive TT environment. • Improving access to finance by bringing established and emerging funds together to share best practice and identify crossborder opportunities We will continuously improve best practice based on our trial activities, in order to create a validated legacy programme to continue supporting PROs across Europe beyond project end. Through this support, we estimate a typical high potential PRO will improve its performance by 500% in the five years following intensive support, delivering at least €6 million to the European economy per PRO supported
Project details
Unibo Team Leader: Federico Munari
Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali
Coordinator:
Pera Consulting Uk Limited(United Kingdom)
Other Participants:
Astpproton
(Netherlands)
Fraunhofer Ipa
(Germany)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna
(Italy)
Knowledge Innovation Market S.L. (Kim)
(Spain)
MITO Technology S.r.l.
(Italy)
DSM Nutritional Products AG,
(Switzerland)
Philips International B.V.
(Netherlands)
Vtt Ventures Oy
(Finland)
Total Eu Contribution: Euro (EUR) 2.239.373,50
Project Duration in months: 36
Start Date:
01/01/2015
End Date:
31/12/2017
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 643486