Objective This project has three aims: i) To develop a reference guide of good practices including benchmarks for strengthening the knowledge exchange and transfer between research and SMEs ii) To develop a blueprint paper on new emerging forms of SMEs support for research with the involvement of large corporations in a context where open innovation and public-private partnerships have increasingly gained importance; iii) To engage policy-makers and other stakeholders into a dialogue and ensure the ‘translation’ of the reference guide and the blueprint paper into a roadmap for embedding the more suitable practices and policies. This proposal considers not only the engagement of SMEs into the research process but also enabling SMEs to access developed knowledge and competencies of the research community. In addition to the science-push programmes, it looks into the demand-pull initiatives where the focal SME drives the process. The work puts a strong emphasis on the SMEs of lower absorptive capacity and how to open up their horizons to external research capabilities. Our hypothesis is that if Europe manages to upgrade a significant part of those SMEs, the economic and social benefits will be enormous. The work is deployed through a “funnel” strategy: a) identify the requirements of different types of SMEs b) an Expert Judgment Survey (1000 experts) to map the full range of existing initiatives, c) create key performance indicators to measure their impact, e) investigate in depth the top performing initiatives and f) develop benchmarks for public, private or public-private partnership schemes. The work will be delivered by a multidisciplinary group of academic partners, public and private SME intermediaries with a track record in innovation management and research policy, reinforced by an Advisory Board with top experts. The consortium represents different key regions across Europe and has solid plans for dissemination of results so as to maximise their impact. Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2009-3-01 - Studies on regional, national, European SME research support programmes and actions Call for proposal FP7-SME-2009-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON Address Lewes road mithras house BN2 4AT Brighton United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex Brighton and Hove Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Roseanne Mulgrue (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 308 983,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BEACON TECH LTD Israel EU contribution € 260 224,00 Address Golda meir st 3 74036 Ness ziona See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Yoram Lev-Yehudi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ASSOCIATION PLATEFORME POUR L INNOVATION Switzerland EU contribution € 148 590,00 Address Rue de romont 33 1701 Fribourg See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Fribourg / Freiburg Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Irene Cotting (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window VIESOJI ISTAIGA LIETUVOS INOVACIJU CENTRAS Lithuania EU contribution € 112 740,00 Address T. sevcenkos 13 LT-03223 Vilnius See on map Region Lietuva Sostinės regionas Vilniaus apskritis Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kastytis Gecas (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX United Kingdom EU contribution € 150 152,00 Address Sussex house falmer BN1 9RH Brighton See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex Brighton and Hove Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rossana Dowsett (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION CONSULTANTSSYMVOULEFTIKI MONOPROSOPI EPE Greece EU contribution € 129 116,00 Address Pentelis avenue 104 metamorfoseos 1 152 34 Chalandri See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ioannis Geragotellis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window VODERA LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 145 627,00 Address Appleton court 1 calder park WF2 7AR Wakefield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Wakefield Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Costis Kompis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITAET MAGDEBURG Germany EU contribution € 167 920,00 Address Universitaetsplatz 2 39106 Magdeburg See on map Region Sachsen-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Annegret Brandau (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
