Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (CSA)

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31

Call

Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (CSA)

Summary

In line with the EU IP action plan and the Report on an intellectual property action plan to support EU’s recovery and resilience by the European Parliament, this action will promote better intellectual property management in research and innovation in view to materialise excellent research into innovation that is benefitting the society and businesses in the EU and beyond.

Detailed Call Description

The uptake of new technology transfer practices, including digital and data-driven, increased role of the various intermediaries and several novel intellectual property (IP) related access initiatives, such as socially responsible and impact licencing models have demonstrated that knowledge and intellectual asset management is a key tool to address the demanding societal needs related to the pandemic.

Robust and resilient R&I leads to scientific progress and enables the ecosystem delivering and adapting solutions for the society and the challenges it faces. IP and use of different types of collaboration contracts, licenses and pooling agreements are key elements of the process by facilitating technology sharing, increasing scaling up and thereby creating new capacities and industries.

Call Total Budget

€2,00 million

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

EU Contribution: €2,00 million

Thematic Categories

  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Industry
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Social Affairs & Human Rights

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Eligibility For Participation Notes

This activity will deliver an IP toolbox for helping companies, public research organisations including universities and the relevant intermediary entities to establish quick and efficient co-operation and licences with businesses, as well as practical examples of incentives which can motivate private sector to commit voluntary licensing for other areas e.g. climate change emergency.

If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

Call Opening Date

08/12/2022

Call Closing Date

29/03/2023

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation

29a Andrea Michalakopoulou Street, 1075 Nicosia
T.Th. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
+357 22205000
Email: support@research.org.cy

Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205033
Email: antantos@research.org.cy

Dr Ioannis Theodorou

Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205038
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy

(Publish Date: 03/01/2023-for internal use only)

EU Contact Point

Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact