The ProRETT project proposes an innovative
and structured methodology for quicker and larger exploitation
of existing scientific RTD results in the fields of renewable
energy and energy efficiency in the form of licensing and
spin-off creation in Europe.
It is a Specific Support Action co-funded by the European
Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme.
Project objectives
The value of public funded scientific research to society
consists primarily in the development of new or improved technologies,
materials, processes and applications that support sustainable
growth and create employment in a knowledge-based competitive
economy. Yet, society can only benefit from research results
if these are transferred from the laboratories to the market
as licensed technology or newly created technology-based company.
It has been widely recognised that too few projects initiated
under both national as well as EU funded research projects
find their way to commercial exploitation. It has also become
clear that there is a lack of communication/information channels
between the R&D institutions and financial institutions
as providers of financial support for the commercial exploitation
of the R&D results, and industry.
The ProRETT project proposes an innovative and structured
methodology for quicker and larger exploitation of existing
scientific RTD results in the fields of renewable energy and
energy efficiency in the form of licensing and spin-off creation
in Europe.
ProRETT addresses the problems of:
- sub-optimal exploitation of EU public research results
- fragmentation of stakeholders & policy framework
which result in an insufficient translation into market innovation
of Europe’s scientific excellence in renewable energy.
The main purpose of ProRETT is
- to apply an innovative & structured methodology
- quicker & broader exploitation of existing scientific
RTD results
- licensing & spin-off creation based on scientific
RTD results
The main steps of ProRETT are to
- identify the most promising RTD results that are ready
for innovation activities
- agree on a common long term vision for each of them
- design for each of them a series of business model options
that will be supported by private investors
The overall objective of ProRETT is
- to address the technical barriers for
transforming scientific research results into viable innovations
- to unite all stakeholders relevant for
technology transfer (research, industry, investors, technology
transfer professionals)
- to promote the market uptake of renewable
electricity and renewable heating and cooling technologies
by European companies or start-ups
- to distil best practices & policy
recommendations
Learn how you can get involved
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