Project description
Innovation hub will enable breakthrough photonics technologies to make the leap to industry
The EU-funded ACTPHAST 4R project aims to support accelerated deployment of cutting-edge photonics technologies. The initiative will offer researchers in academic institutes all over Europe the chance to turn their breakthrough scientific concepts into industrially relevant demonstrators. It will act as a one-stop-shop access centre to the photonics expert know-how and mature technologies of 24 of Europe’s leading competence centres. The photonics technology platform capabilities will cover the entire integrated supply chain from design to packaging. ACTPHAST 4R is set to become a game-changer in the European innovation ecosystem, improving the cross-fertilisation of photonics with other technology areas.
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.
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium
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Participants (29)
75794 Paris
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25000 Besancon
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14050 Caen
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42023 Saint Etienne
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25030 Besancon Cedex
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13383 Marseille Cedex 13
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13284 Marseille
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76131 Karlsruhe
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00-661 WARSZAWA
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106 82 ATHINA
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T12 YN60 Cork
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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3001 Leuven
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02150 Espoo
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7521 AN Enschede
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46022 Valencia
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80686 Munchen
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08860 Castelldefels
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SO17 1BJ Southampton
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70211 KUOPIO
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43124 Parma
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20 031 Lublin
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02 668 WARSZAWA
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70013 Irakleio
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07745 Jena
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8010 Graz
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08034 Barcelona
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00185 Roma
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5656 AE Eindhoven
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