Intellectual asset management support for public research organisations, academic institutions and their spin-offs (CSA)

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Grant Name

Funder

Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)

European Commission

Research Field

Social sciences and humanities

Digital Agenda

Deadline

2024-09-10

Grant Size

€2000000

Eligibility

General conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5. Evaluation and award:

Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions

7. Specific conditions: described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.

Documents

Call documents:

Standard application form (HE CSA) — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System

Standard evaluation form (HE CSA) — will be used with the necessary adaptations

HE General MGA v1.0 — Model Grant Agreement

Additional documents:

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes

HE Programme Guide

HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695

HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764

EU Financial Regulation

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Grant Number

HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-35

Description

ExpectedOutcome:

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Provide support to public research organisations and their spin-offs in fostering a stronger culture of entrepreneurship, better managing their intellectual assets and facilitating their next step towards bringing their R&I results towards the market.
Build capacity in public research organisations and academic institutions by translating the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation[1] on entrepreneurship into tangible guidance for early stage innovators.
Building stronger capabilities for intellectual asset management in academic institutions and public research organisations by using the Code of Practice on the management of intellectual assets[2] and the Code of Practice on Standardisation[3] to support early stage innovators to succeed with open innovation also in international cooperations.

Scope:

To increase Europe’s capacity to convert high level scientific success into social and economic benefits a broad definition of entrepreneurship is needed. Entrepreneurship is much more than “just” starting businesses: it is a mindset for creating sustainable change. Although there are initiatives addressing the entrepreneurial education and the paradigm shift, there are no actions that provide early stage support on managing the intellectual assets of PROs and helping them create and strengthen spin-offs.

The aim of the action is to ensure the highest level of support for public research organisations in Europe including universities and their entrepreneurial agendas in order to improve access to and use of the knowledge assets very often created by public research funding. Frequently, these knowledge assets are not properly valorised leading to hampered market uptake of R&I results and furthering the innovation gap. Encouraging entrepreneurship and providing the necessary intellectual asset management support, can help bridge the gap between the laboratory and the marketplace. This action will support the implementation of the Council Recommendation on the Guiding principles for Knowledge Valorisation in Europe and will demonstrate how the Code of Practice on the management of intellectual assets for knowledge valorisation in the European Research Area and the Code of practice for Standardisation can be used amongst other tools to support early stage academic entrepreneurs. The action is also linked with the Commission Communication on a European strategy for universities.

This activity will support academic institutions, public research organisations and their spin-offs in their intellectual asset management using also the Code of Practice on the management of intellectual assets and on standardisation activities using also the Code of Practice for standardisation in their entrepreneurial agendas. This will help early stage technologies to become more attractive to commercial partners and investors.

In addition, this activity will deliver modular educational packages that support entrepreneurial education, intellectual asset literacy and strengthening the link between research and standardisation. The educational packages should be targeted at all students and staff across European academic institutions, universities and public research organisations.

[1]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022H2415&qid=1670573108748

[2]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023H0499&qid=1678171231088

[3]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023H0498&qid=1678171117168

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link