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Technological knowledge transfer partnership between the University of Tartu (Estonia) And Zernike Group (Netherlands)

Objective

The general purpose of the project is to facilitate the links between the research made at the University of Tartu and the commercial application of research results by Estonian and EU companies. By increasing the economic and social returns to research th is project contributes tothe economic growth and to the subsequent increase in welfare. The projected partnership between the University of Tartu (Estonia) and Zernike Group (Netherlands) has following objectives: ' To enhance the competence of experienced researchers from University of Tartu by training them in Zernike and its affiliates in following fields:The commercialisation of scientific results into marketable products, The protection of intellectual property via licensing and patenting procedures, T he financing and consultancy to early stage companies; ' To facilitate the competence of market potential screening in case of emerging innovative solutions and products; ' To increase the possibilities for global marketing of the products and services dev eloped by the researchers of Tartu University via using the extensive corporate network of Zernike Group; ' To develop, using the experts and scholars from Zernike, at the University of Tartu postgraduate and other schooling programs in the fields of entre preneurship and technology. These objectives will be achieved by the secondments of Zernike's experts and affiliated researchers at the host university as visiting lecturers and/or consultants as well as by secondments of experienced researchers and non-sc ientific members at Zernike facilities as interns.The mutual exchange of experienced researchers will help to merge the Dutch expertise in commercial use of research results with new innovative solutions provided by Estonian researchers. The projected tran sfer of knowledge will facilitate the establishment of stable and sustainable university-industry links of academic participant at the national and internation level. The project is part of extensive development.

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Call for proposal

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-3
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Funding Scheme

TOK - Marie Curie actions-Transfer of Knowledge

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF TARTU
EU contribution
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Address
Uelikooli Str. 18
TARTU
Estonia
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