Research Exploitation Archives - META Group https://www.meta-group.com/impact-cat/research-exploitation/ Knowledge to Market Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:59:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.meta-group.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/favicon_30th-e1704732147652-100x100.png Research Exploitation Archives - META Group https://www.meta-group.com/impact-cat/research-exploitation/ 32 32 Elevating energy efficiency standards https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/iepb-elevating-energy-efficiency-standards/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:15:33 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=12129 iEPB is a EU-funded project at the forefront of energy performance innovation. The mission is to elevate energy efficiency standards across the EU, through optimisation of practices, environmental consciousness and performance assessments. This includes the alignment of existing Energy Performance Certifications, the use of innovative complementary tools, and a shared data model for EPB assessments. …

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iEPB is a EU-funded project at the forefront of energy performance innovation. The mission is to elevate energy efficiency standards across the EU, through optimisation of practices, environmental consciousness and performance assessments. This includes the alignment of existing Energy Performance Certifications, the use of innovative complementary tools, and a shared data model for EPB assessments.

The initiative involves a collaborative effort of 12 international partners, from 4 European countries (Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Austria): Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación Fundación, EPB Center, Fundacion Cener, Certificación Energética, Stichting Isso, Energie Agentur Steiermark Gemeinnutzige, Fundatecyr, Asociación Empresarial Hotelera y Turística de la Comunidad Valenciana, Buro De Haan Informatie Technologie, De Haan Dienstverlening & Management, Baubiologisches Institut Osterreich, META Group, and Fondazione Icons.

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Methodology:

iEPB’s methodology focus on 4 main pillars:

  • Common data model development: aims for universal applicability and coherence by collaborating with validated EPB Assessment software for standardized assessments.
  • Operational implementation: demonstrates added value in operational ecosystems, showcasing benefits for multiple target groups, through the integration of multiple assessments within a unified framework.
  • EPB assessment quality: prioritizes actual building data, addressing deficiencies in Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for upcoming EPBD provisions.
  • Market support and stakeholder engagement: supports the market adoption of EPB Assessment tools by fostering synergies and enhancing overall effectiveness and acceptance in the building performance landscape.

Impact:

The project aims to enhance EPC integration, streamline data processing for building assessments, improve EPC accessibility and user-friendliness, ensure EU-compliant EPB Assessments, and demonstrate practical effectiveness. Hard impacts involve professionals enhancing practices and end-users improving understanding, usage, and trust in EPB assessments through iEPB tools. Soft impacts result from various planned activities, including stakeholder analysis, instrument development, testing, training, and public outreach.

Pilots:

iEPB supports European countries in adopting EPBD recast provisions by utilizing pilot environments in Spain, The Netherlands, and Austria, involving key stakeholders to provide real-world data for validating iEPB’s solutions across diverse building typologies and varying degrees of EPBD implementation.

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]]> Better monitoring for Shalegas sites https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/better-monitoring-for-shalegas-sites Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:32:18 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=12092 Shale Gas Operators monitor their sites by manually extracting samples and analysing them in a laboratory every few weeks. Pollution can therefore go undetected for several weeks.   The ShaleSafe sensor system will monitor key parameters several time a day, alerting the Operator whenever any pollution is detected to provide greater security for citizens, companies and …

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Shale Gas Operators monitor their sites by manually extracting samples and analysing them in a laboratory every few weeks. Pollution can therefore go undetected for several weeks. 

 
The ShaleSafe sensor system will monitor key parameters several time a day, alerting the Operator whenever any pollution is detected to provide greater security for citizens, companies and regulators.

 

 

How ShaleSafe Helps 

The ShaleSafe sensor system, lowered into monitoring wells, will monitor key parameters several time a day, alerting the Shale Gas Operator whenever any pollution is detected and providing greater security for:

  • Citizens: ShaleSafe-equipped Operators can provide local councils with reassurance that any pollution will be detected as soon as it occurs, not weeks later
  • Operators: lower pollution risks, and operations futureproofed against regulatory change
  • Regulators and Policymakers: ensuring pollution is detected immediately, protecting both the environment and the emergence of this new energy industry.

Join our pilot phase

ShaleSafe is being commercialised by the SHALESAFE research project. Shalegas operators, environmental monitoring specialists and regulators are welcome to join our pilot testing phase, planned for late 2017, so  get in touch to discuss how ShaleSafe can help you.

 

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]]> A New Generation of Multifunctional Sensors For Brain Research https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/a-new-generation-of-multifunctional-sensors-for-brain-research/ Mon, 08 May 2023 08:52:17 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7892 OXiNEMS is a European project aimed at developing Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) from transition metal oxides to measure weak magnetic fields generated by brain activity. NEMS are devices integrating electrical and mechanical functionality on the nanoscale level. They can function as biosensors to monitor important physiological variables during surgical procedures. Some examples of such applications are …

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OXiNEMS is a European project aimed at developing Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) from transition metal oxides to measure weak magnetic fields generated by brain activity.

NEMS are devices integrating electrical and mechanical functionality on the nanoscale level. They can function as biosensors to monitor important physiological variables during surgical procedures. Some examples of such applications are intracranial pressure, cerebrospinal fluid, pulsatility, weight load, and strain.

NEMS are gaining importance in many sectors, like electronics, automotive and healthcare. The use of these devices enables the production of small chips with extended functionalities, improved performance and reliability.

Expected Impact

 

The OXiNEMS project plans to develop NEMS devices made entirely of transition metal oxides, introducing a new class of multifunctional sensors.

This will pave new ways in brain imaging by addressing a critical challenge in neuroscience and clinical communities. It is capturing brain activity and connectivity with high spatial and temporal resolution through a combination of imaging procedures.

The OXiNEMS team is developing strategies for the integration of such devices into small-scale prototypes. The prospect looks at the development of new large-scale commercial multimodal instruments.

Maximising the Use of OXiNEMS Research

META Group is supporting OXiNEMS in maximizing the exploitation of research results. Also, it assists in utilizing these findings for product or process development, creation, and marketing.

The project is coordinated by the Italian National Research Council in partnership with META Group, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), University of Hamburg (Germany), D’Annunzio University of Chieti – Pescara (Italy), and Quantified Air BV (Netherlands).

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]]> Realising Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilised Crops https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/radiant-dynamic-value-chains-underutilised-crops/ Mon, 08 May 2023 08:50:42 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7889 RADIANT is a European project that promotes crop diversification, environmental and agrobiodiversity preservation, and fair economic development through the valorization of underutilised crops. A consortium composed of researchers, farmers, value chain actors, and consumers carries it on. It develops solutions and tools that promote underutilised crops, agrobiodiversity, sustainable diets and dynamic value chains. META Group …

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RADIANT is a European project that promotes crop diversification, environmental and agrobiodiversity preservation, and fair economic development through the valorization of underutilised crops.

A consortium composed of researchers, farmers, value chain actors, and consumers carries it on. It develops solutions and tools that promote underutilised crops, agrobiodiversity, sustainable diets and dynamic value chains.

META Group supports RADIANT by developing methodologies to generate new knowledge and exploitable results. These outcomes will be used for capacity building, training, and commercialization. Additionally, they will contribute to further scientific development.

RADIANT’s Objectives

  • Demonstrate successful transitions to inclusive agrobiodiversity systems.
  • Carry out improvement programs so that underdeveloped crops become more competitive.
  • Test the best agricultural practices that maximize their sustainable production.
  • Expand their environmental, social and nutritional recognition, through the characterization of its multiple benefits.
  • Offer solutions for their integration into profitable value chains, based on political, social and governance innovations.
  • Empower society to integrate these foods into their diets.
 

The project, with a duration of 4 years, has 20 pilots (AURORA farms) that cover different activities across Europe, where we will test and demonstrate good practices.

Why Is It Important?

In the last century, 75% of the genetic diversity of crops has disappeared. There are about 259,000 plant species. Among them, 50,000 are edible. Only 150-200 species are actually consumed. Three species, namely maize, rice, and wheat, provide 60% of the calories and nutrition in the human diet. It is also estimated that very few crops account for the largest percentage of occupied land: maize (6.7%), potato (4.8%) soybean (6.5%), and wheat (9.5%).

While smallholder farmers may often produce a variety of landraces and crop species, most do not have well-established producer-consumer links; are unaware or have no access to monetary incentives or no capacity to apply for them; and lack access to sufficient quantities of locally adapted seeds and farming and processing machinery.

In parallel, cropping systems are underpinned by an agricultural paradigm of monoculture and industrialised agriculture (hybrids, agrochemicals), contributing to the decrease of crop diversity reflected in the repetitious foods European citizens consume daily.

The EU Farm to Fork Strategy aims to make the EU food system more robust and resilient to future crises like COVID-19, growing population demands and increasingly recurrent natural disasters such as floods or droughts. To achieve this, value chains must move towards becoming more biodiverse and resilient, hence dynamic.

RADIANT Project Network

The European project “RADIANT – Realizing Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilised Crops”, coordinated by Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto (Portugal), involves 29 entities from 12 countries – Portugal, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Hungary , Spain, Greece, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Cyprus – and also has the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as a partner.

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]]> Developing the cornerstone of fast, reliable infection detection https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/eclipse-developing-cornerstone-reliable-infection-detection/ Mon, 08 May 2023 08:48:34 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7886 META Group supports the design of a nanobiotechnological platform that will make pathogens detection more economical, faster, and efficient. “The fight between humanity and viruses is eternal,” says Maria Neira, the Director of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization, in the preface of the book Viral. There is no doubt that viruses have infiltrated …

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META Group supports the design of a nanobiotechnological platform that will make pathogens detection more economical, faster, and efficient.

“The fight between humanity and viruses is eternal,” says Maria Neira  in the preface of the book Viral. She is the Director of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization. There is no doubt that viruses have infiltrated our lives and we are still learning to live with them.

The recent appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 has shown the urgent need for novel tools in terms of pathogen detection.  This is because, despite all the previous scientific and technological advances, we were not prepared for such a pandemic.

That’s why META Group has joined ECLIPSE. It is a research initiative that will design and develop a nanobiotechnological platform to improve the cost, simplicity, reliability, and sensitivity of pathogen detection. ECLIPSE is expected to represent a breakthrough advancement in the fight against communicable diseases.

Ready for the next pandemic

ECLIPSE will be a particular combination of interdisciplinary elements, such as electrochemiluminescence, signal amplification, and the use of recognition elements. In this way, this technology doesn’t intend just to detect illnesses like SARS-CoV-2,. It will detect also others like the Leishmania protozoan parasite, which causes Leishmaniasis. And the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, which can cause several lung infections.

The platform is also designed to be applied to many other infectious agents, making it a technology that is “ready for the next pandemic”. Another advantage of ECLIPSE is the detection process. It will be faster than PCR-techniques thanks to a portable device, as the overall waiting time will be around 30 minutes.

Through ECLIPSE, the research team contributes to what could become a game-changer technology in European countries. Since it is expected to be a cornerstone for fast, cheap, selective, and ultrasensitive tracking of infections that affect millions of people every year.

The University of Bologna coordinates the project for a duration of 42 months, with META Group as the exploitation partner. The project consortium includes Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, University of Messina, University of Milan, Personal Genomics SRL, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM).

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]]> Strenghtening the commercialisation of Active Assisted Living programme results https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/aal2business-strenghtening-commercialisation-assisted-living-programme/ Mon, 08 May 2023 07:47:47 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7854 How does a company transform a great idea into a commercial opportunity? AAL2Business created market-ready products and services to achieve better quality of life for older people The Active Assisted Living (AAL) Programme was a funding programme that aimed to strengthen industrial opportunities in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation. Projects that work towards …

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How does a company transform a great idea into a commercial opportunity? AAL2Business created market-ready products and services to achieve better quality of life for older people

The Active Assisted Living (AAL) Programme was a funding programme that aimed to strengthen industrial opportunities in the field of healthy ageing technology and innovation.

Projects that work towards creating market-ready products and services to create better quality of life for older people get funded. To give these projects the last push that they need to get into the market, AALcreated AAL2Business. This initiative was delivered by META Group and APRE. It provided business support to the beneficiaries of the AAL Programme to strengthen their commercialisation strategy and drive project results into the market.

Dario Mazzella, a trainer and innovation expert from META Group says: “Our aim is to push (the entrepreneurs) to get out of the building, select one segment and contact potential customers to validate their assumptions.”

AAL2Business SERVICES

  1. Lean Start Up Academy: A chance to increase commercial traction and further market success.
    AAL projects will be guided by business coaches in how to identify their target market. Also, they will help them to use the best channels to reach their potential customers, choose a fitting value proposition.  Validating their business model by checking their assumptions against the market plays also a crucial role.

  2. Go-to-Market Launchpad
    Provides the project teams with dedicated training and coaching on how to present a business value proposition in a clear and convincing way and how to catch the attention of investors and/or potential customers and business partners.

  3. Thematic Online Courses: Live webinars.Participants will be given an insight into how to improve their skills and develop an entrepreneurial mindset.
    The webinar curricula will contain theoretical and practical modules related to the following topics:
    • the Lean Canvas
    • the Value Proposition Canvas
    • basics of IPR and the unfair advantage
    • advanced IPR (negotiation, IP transfer, etc.)
    • how to deal with potential customers
    • early stage investors (who they are and what are they looking for)
    • how to pitch to investors

Tools for business developtment: These selected tools and materials that help AAL projectsto succeed in business development include videos, reports and toolkits in business modelling, value proposition design, national funding, initiatives & more.

Market guidance

A business support network has been established comprised of AAL Business Experts Points (BEN) from each country, participating in the AAL programme to keep national AAL participants informed about commercialisation, market uptake and investment opportunities available at national and European level.

Visit aal-europe.eu/aal2business and learn more about META Group’s capacity building solutions. 

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]]> Intellectual Property Booster https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/intellectual-property-booster/ Mon, 08 May 2023 07:35:44 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7845 Intellectual Property Booster (IP Booster) is a new specialised professional IP service for public research organisations looking to realise value from their research results. Our experts will examine your case and guide you towards the best intellectual property strategy, at no cost to you and fully supported by the European Commission.

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 Services:

1. Initial IP Audit: to determine what type and what amount of IP protection is needed for the project’s intellectual assets
2. Patent Landscaping: to design a patent landscape to clearly identify which commercialisation pathways are best
3. IP evaluation or due diligence: due diligence assessing the quantity and quality of IP assets generated by a project and estimate their future value
4. Patents, design and trademark applications: If there is a clear need to legally protect a piece of IP, support to prepare your patent, design and trademark applications
5. Negotiating technology transfer agreements: advice and support in negotiating technology transfer agreements, be they in or out licensing, acquisition or assignment of IPRs
 
Services were provided by META Group and ClearViewIP.

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]]> Developing financial instruments for Bio Economy https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/developing-financial-instruments-for-the-bio-economy/ Mon, 08 May 2023 07:29:55 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7840 ​The POWER4BIO project aims at increasing the capacity of regional and local policy makers and stakeholders to structure their bioeconomy and to support the emergence of a thriving bio‐based sector.

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We are built the capacities of regional policy makers to foster a thriving bioeconomy and empowering EU regions to maximise the use of their locally available biomass feedstock.

The POWER4BIO project aimed at increasing the capacity of regional and local policy makers and stakeholders to structure their bioeconomy and to support the emergence of a thriving bio‐based sector.

This initiative aimed empowering regional stakeholders to boost the transition towards bioeconomy regions in Europe by providing them with the necessary tools, instruments and guidance to develop and implement sound sustainable bioeconomy strategies. In particular, POWER4BIO defined a methodology based on a 3-steps approach (stakeholders engagement, regional analysis and strategy development) to guide European regions when preparing and reviewing their regional bioeconomy strategy.

Moreover, POWER4BIO relied on a comprehensive programme to foster mutual learning and intra- and interregional collaboration and networking among regional stakeholders to ensure knowledge transfer across sectors and regions and to jointly develop and complement different sustainable bioeconomy value chains within 10 participant regions member of the consortium (5 of which coming from Central and Eastern Europe) from 9 different countries.

Within this framework, META advised regional authorities how to access, run and design financial instruments and support companies to access finance.

Main ideas

  • POWER4BIO aimed at empowering EU regions to maximise the use of their locally available biomass feedstock.
  • POWER4BIO supported policy makers and other regional stakeholders to foster the transition to a bioeconomy era.
  • POWER4BIO developed a catalogue of business model pathways to fully realise the bioeconomy potential of each region.
  • POWER4BIO involved 10 regions across EU and 1 regional network, being supported by an extensive number of stakeholders.
POWER4BIO had run for 30 months, from October 2018 to March 2021.

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]]> Horizon Results Booster https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/common-support-service-for-dissemination-exploitation-and-valorisation-of-research-results/ Sun, 07 May 2023 21:41:24 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7024 Horizon Results Booster aims to provide EU-funded projects with the expert support needed to convert their research into “user ready” results. The consortium consists of META Group, Ecorys, Trust IT Srl, BDO Advisory CVBA, iCons Srl with PNO Consultants as a subcontractor. Horizon Results Booster provides free of charge support services to boost the exploitation potential of your research results, disseminate effectively, and go …

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Horizon Results Booster aims to provide EU-funded projects with the expert support needed to convert their research into “user ready” results. The consortium consists of META Group, Ecorys, Trust IT Srl, BDO Advisory CVBA, iCons Srl with PNO Consultants as a subcontractor.

Horizon Results Booster provides free of charge support services to boost the exploitation potential of your research results, disseminate effectively, and go to market.

This is the largest contract on Dissemination and Exploitation, D&E, ever awarded by the European Commission. Having the possibility / responsibility to bring it to fruition is an exciting challenge for our team, but above all it represents the culmination of a path that started more than 25 years ago that has always seen us at the spot of researchers,” says META Group’s CEO and leader of the initiative – Alessia Melasecche Germini

META has already supported thousand of research projects throughout Europe to do this, through EU-supported initiatives like the Common Exploitation Booster, the IP Booster and Support Services for Exploitation of Research Results (SSERR). The consortium mobilises more than 200 experts to guide the researchers to generate impact on society, economy, environment and policymaking.

Although Europe accounts for 20% of global research investment and produces one-third of all scientific publications, there is a limited capacity within Europe to convert scientific breakthroughs into usable results and industrial and commercial successes – the so-called European paradox. The Horizon Results Booster aims to buck this trend, by supporting researchers throughout Europe to unleash their innovative potential.

Many people believe that making use of research results means commercialisation, but in fact research can have impact in many ways. Results can be used for another research project, such as a PhD thesis or another project, they can take the form of policy recommendations and of course IPR actions, applying new production techniques and launching new products into the market.

Our services are designed and delivered to boost the impact of R&I projects, supporting partners in their efforts to ensure their research activities creates a long-lasting impression on the economy and society at large. Our goal is to maximize the use of R&I projects, their tangible effect on society and economy,” says Andrea Di Anselmo, President of META Group.

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]]> Helping Energy Research Reach the Market https://www.meta-group.com/impact-story/helping-energy-research-reach-the-market/ Fri, 05 May 2023 08:44:25 +0000 https://www.meta-group.com/?post_type=osf_portfolio&p=7718 Support Services for Exploitation of Research Results (SSERR) is a service provided by the EC to help its energy research projects better exploit their research results.

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Support Services for Exploitation of Research Results (SSERR) was a service provided by the EC to help its energy research maximise their value added and impact.

The following services have been delivered:

  • Project Risk Analysis to identify the risks and potential obstacles to the future exploitation of project results;
  • Exploitation Strategy Seminars to brainstorm on key results, and how to address the risks and obstacles associated with exploitation;
  • Business Plan Development service to assist project partners in better approaching this crucial step towards the commercialisation of the products or services;
  • Assistance for Patenting to support partners in the different stages of the protection of intellectual property rights;
  • Brokerage Events to allow projects to present their exploitable results to key actors (such as investors and business partners);
  • Ad Hoc Assistance (to be agreed on a case-by-case basis).

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