Deadline: 7-Jul-23
The European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs in Latin America and Caribbean (ENRICH in LAC) has opened a Call for Support in the Exploitation of Results to provide a free-of-charge service for ten (10) Horizon 2020 (H2020) and/or Horizon Europe (HE) projects with geographical scope in Europe and/or LAC that need assistance in developing the exploitation of their project’s results.
Projects with a focus on research and innovation in sustainable urbanization, bioeconomy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or Digitalization/Industry 4.0, through High-Performance Computing (HPC) deployment, and in Renewable Energy will be prioritized.
ENRICH in LAC will provide one online workshop and one mentoring session (one-on-one) to help in the exploitation of the results from finished and/or continuing research initiatives through three options of support services:
- Project Risk Analysis – Learn to identify the risks and potential obstacles to the exploitation of project results towards Europe and in LAC.
- Business Plan Development – Learn how to support projects towards commercialisation of their products or services.
- Assistance for Patenting – Learn the different stages of protection of intellectual property rights in LAC and/or in the EU.
Activities Foreseen
- As before-mentioned This call aims to offer consulting services to H2020 and HE projects, which will be divided in two activities.
- Activity 1 – Opening Session and Training Workshops: The selected projects will participate in an opening session about marketing analysis tools for the exploitation of results, following a training workshop in the support service chosen: Project Risk Analysis, Business Plan Development, Patenting Assistance.
- Activity 2 – Mentoring Sessions: A mentoring session (one-on-one) will be provided to each of the projects, accordingly to their individual need, and to discuss the potential exploitation strategy for the project’s results. This session will be to deepen information given on the training workshops, and to solve further questions. This activity should have a duration of one hour, with a specialist in the selected service chosen.
- Activity 3 – Feedback Collection: An online sheet (Google Forms) will be provided to all projects for collection of feedback.
- Activity 4 – Personalized Booklet on the Exploitation of Results: Each project representative will receive, a month after the reception of the feedback on the training and mentoring sessions, a 3-page document with individual recommendations on the exploitation of results based on the activities performed.
Eligibility Criteria
- To qualify for the mentioned services, projects should follow some crucial parameters:
- Must be a Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe funded project.
- The selected project should ideally focus in the following priority fields (not exclusively):
- ICT – Digitalization/Industry 4.0.
- Renewable energy.
- Sustainable urbanization.
- Bioeconomy.
- The geographic focus should be on at least one of the two regions: Europe (i.e., European Union Member States) or LAC (i.e., Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay), and should promote investment, research, and/or development in at least one of the two regions.
- Any member of the consortium can be a representative for the submission of application for this call.
- Matured projects will be given priority due to the fact that their results will probably be more developed and reliable given the later stage that the projects are potentially undergoing.
For more information, visit ENRICH in LAC Call.