Objective Standards may be considered as a link between R&D and various fields of policy, like innovation, trade and environmental policies. INTEREST aims to support Community policies by improving the interface between research and standardisation. Based on a taxonomy of research-standards-relations, the project will develop best-practice guidelines for researchers, SDOs, and policy makers on how the knowledge transfer from research to standardisation should be sup-ported, and accomplished, in different environments respective technologies. Work will start with a literature survey on the interface between research and standardisation. Then, the rationales and incentives schemes that exist within the research communities and their contacts to standardisation bodies and industry will be collected through a survey-based study. This will also reveal any co- operation patterns. Furthermore, following an indicator based approach, INTEREST will develop a two-dimensional matrix linking the technology base of companies (e.g. their patent portfolios) and their standardisation activities. Through case studies the project will analyse the internal organisational structure of the interface between research and the standards department within companies. Thus, solutions and organisational models can be identified suitable to support the transfer of research results into standards and to appropriate results from research institutions in order to transpose them into standards. In addition, the project will analyse the pros and cons of patent pools as a means to reduce complex IPR-related problems within standardisation processes. Based on these new insights, a taxonomy will be developed to characterise the typical relationships of the two dimensions. This taxonomy will be the basis to identify relevant combinations between R&D and standardisation and to develop specific policies. Afinal workshop with stakeholders will discuss and validate the results. Keywords Research Technology Transfer Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES - Supporting policies and anticipating scientific and technological needs Call for proposal FP6-2002-SSP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27C MUENCHEN Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DIALOGIC INNOVATIE EN INTERACTIE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Wilhelminapark 20 UTRECHT See on map Total cost No data NPL MANAGEMENT LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Queens Road TEDDINGTON See on map Total cost No data NIFU STEP NORSK INSTITUTT FOR STUDIER AV FORSKNING OG HØYERE UTDANNING. SENTER FOR INNOVASJONSFORSKNING Norway EU contribution No data Address Hegdehaugsvn 31 OSLO See on map Total cost No data RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Germany EU contribution No data Address TEMPLERGRABEN 55 AACHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
