Identifying market opportunities for particiants' research results
Initiation and implementation of the program for capitalizing on research results, a program that contributes to increasing the capacity of North-West RDAs to identify and increase innovative project ideas within universities and research centers. Although initially the program did not provide funding for the identified projects (only coaching and specialized consulting), given their technological training it was decided to provide mini-grants for selected teams.
In the pilot edition of the program in the North-West Region were involved the 4 largest universities in Cluj (UBB, UTCN, USAMV and UMF) which at the beginning of this year launched a call for projects, 10 of them being selected to participate in a workshop organized in March in the format of the “I-Corps” program of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), aiming to support participants in identifying market opportunities for their research results. The workshop sessions were given by experts from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of North Carolina.
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Out of the 10 proposals presented and developed during the event, 5 from the region were selected to benefit from personalized coaching from World Bank experts in order to bring their products / services to market. The other teams continue to benefit from the Foundation Training sessions.
Regarding the following activities, it will be necessary to clarify the aspects related to the financing for the 5 projects selected through the ROP, following that at the beginning of 2019 the second call for project ideas will be launched, the ADRs assuming a more active role in this approach.
The teams selected for individual coaching in the North-West Region are:
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A technology for on-line/in-line/at-line manufacturing process monitoring, towards root cause analysis and batch modelling: from lab to industrial scale use in pharmaceutical industry, from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Iuliu HaÅ£ieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy
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PerformTHERM – Software and calculation methodology used for determining the thermal performance of the building envelope, from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Civil Engineering and Management Department
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Rapid CRISPR based differentially detection kit of bacterial infection in the bloodstream of patients with sepsis – CRISep, from the Iuliu HaÅ£ieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Center for Advanced Medicine – Medfuture
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Reducing pollution from agricultural activities by stimulating biomass decomposition processes and efficiently reintegrating resources into the ecosystem from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary medicine Cluj-Napoca/Faculty of Agriculture - Microbiology (Plant Culture)
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Development of a prophylaxis program for coccidiosis control based on the use of Aremisia Annua in chickens, from University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
RVP 1.0 Teams
OBJECTIVE
Assist researchers in the NE and the NW regions to improve the technological and market readiness of their projects
BENEFICIARIES
Research teams from selected universities and research institutes
EXPECTED RESULTS
Number of licenses and spin-offs;
Options for commercialization;
More market-oriented attitude of scientists to their research
IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT
2 pilots:
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RVP 1.0: 8 universities in NW and NE regions
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RVP 2.0: Stronger role by RDAs/TTOs,open to more universities and research institutes in NW and NE regions (5 universities in NW and 6 universities in NE)
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“Downstream” funds for selected teams to finance commercialization activities (RVP1.0)
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April 26
May 12
May 20
May 21 - June 11
June 14 -18
June 21 - July 3
TIMELINE
Open Call​Clic
​We publish the application process and documents. here to edit me.
Info day
​You can meet the trainers and ask questions about the program.
Info day 2
Application deadline
Be sure to submit your complete application until this date.
Evaluation & interview
We'll evaluate your application and schedule an interview to discuss about your project.
Selection​
Based on your application forms and the interview, we'll select the participant teams.ck here to it me.
Results
We'll let you know the results.
Individual and joint actions for the growth of the selected teams
