SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH – INNOVATION INCUBATOR 4.0 BEGINS

The program aims to support the management of research and development results, mainly in the field of commercialization. The implementation of the program should contribute to the promotion of scientific achievements, increasing their impact on the development of innovation and strengthening cooperation between the scientific community and the economic environment.

We support the active

The essence of the program is to support entities active in the field of commercialization of the results of scientific research and development works, in initiating cooperation of the scientific community with the economic environment and in carrying out tasks that will lead to the application of the results of these studies and works on the basis of specific market solutions, in particular those operating for the dissemination of science.

What do we support?

Support is provided for:

1. conducting pre-implementation works, including additional laboratory tests or adapting the invention to the needs of the interested buyer, the cost of which cannot exceed PLN 100,000 PLN;
2. preparation of commercialization projects for the results of scientific research and development works, including in particular the analysis of the market potential of inventions and the analysis of their implementation readiness, as well as the valuation of industrial property rights
3. initiating and strengthening cooperation between the scientific community and the economic environment, including searching for entities interested in implementing the results of scientific research and development works, through promotion of the technological offer and participation in exhibitions and fairs of the “science to business” type;
4. technology portfolio management, including in particular:
   1. monitoring and analyzing the results of scientific research or development work in terms of their practical usefulness,
   2. analyzes of market needs to select topics of scientific research or development work and research on the state of the art before starting research or work,
   3. keeping a database of research projects under way, the results achieved and the possibility of their application in practice,
   4. analysis of the possibility of obtaining patent protection and the possibility of commercializing the results of scientific research and development works before their publication;
5. the activity of Innovation Brokers acting as intermediaries operating in specific areas of knowledge, responsible for establishing cooperation between the scientific community and the economic environment, which will result in the application of the results of scientific research and development work within specific market solutions.

The program called “Innovation Incubator 4.0” has been established by the announcement of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of June 2019. on the establishment of the program called “Innovation Incubator 4.0”, is financed from European funds as part of the non-competitive project “Support for the management of scientific research and commercialization of R&D results in research units and enterprises”, implemented under the Intelligent Development Operational Program 2014-2020.

source: https://www.gov.pl/web/nauka/wsparcie-i-promocja-badan-naukowych–rusza-inkubator-innowacyjnosci-40

Materials Information about the program “Innovation Incubator 4.0”