Objective
ACTPHAST 4R is a unique one-stop-shop photonics technology access and support centre for European researchers which is perfectly aligned with their needs in bridging the gap between fundamental research at TRL1-2 and applied research up to TRL4-5. Driven by the deployment ambitions and capabilities of a critical mass of European top-class researchers -in particular non-photonics researchers for whom advanced photonics is a key enabling technology to the realisation of so many exciting and diverse new applications and products, ACTPHAST 4R will directly support the accelerated deployment of existing cutting-edge photonics technologies by providing them with action-oriented solutions on two complementary levels.
In the first instance, ACTPHAST 4R will provide researchers with one-stop-shop access to the photonics expert know-how and mature technologies of 24 of Europe’s leading competence centres. The photonics technology platform capabilities of ACTPHAST 4R cover the entire integrated supply chain from design to packaging. Through intensive technology coaching, leading to focused innovation projects involving transnational internships and hands-on working with the advanced photonics technologies at the host institutes, the goal is to turn the researchers’ scientific conceptual breakthroughs into industrially-relevant demonstrators.
In parallel, ACTPHAST 4R will provide researchers with expert business coaching to help foster their entrepreneurial mindset and deployment capabilities, with guidance to pathways for further scaling of their demonstrators and financing of innovation in the industrial domain. Ambitious targets are set for commercial valorisation successes by “star performing” researchers in the form of patents, licensing deals and spin-outs. As a result, ACTPHAST 4R will be a game-changer in strengthening the European innovation ecosystem and improving the cross-fertilisation of photonics with other technology areas.
Call for proposal
H2020-ICT-2018-2
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
1050 Brussel
Belgium
Participants (23)
75794 Paris
76131 Karlsruhe
00 661 Warszawa
10682 Athina
T12 YN60 Cork
5612 AE Eindhoven
3001 Leuven
02150 Espoo
7521 AN Enschede
46022 Valencia
80686 Munchen
08860 Castelldefels
SO17 1BJ Southampton
70211 Kuopio
43124 Parma
20 031 Lublin
02 668 Warszawa
70013 Irakleio
07745 Jena
8010 Graz
08034 Barcelona
00185 Roma
5656 AE Eindhoven
