Technology Foundation STW
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Technology Foundation STW
• Funding agency
• Finance research at universities and some selected knowledge institutes
• Applied sciences in NL
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Nereda ® -water purification
Cyclox ® -diesel from plantmaterial
Precision spraying
Science Technology
FundamentalScientificResearch
TechnologicalResearch
ProductDevelopment
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Universities
Industry
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Technology Foundation STW
Our goal / missionAchieving knowledge transfer between academic researchand users in general and industry in particular
How?• Fund excellent, application-oriented, academic research
• Evaluate evenly on scientific quality and the utilisation plan
• Bring researchers and potential users together from the start
• Guide all projects towards optimal opportunities for the transfer of knowledge
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Income and Expenditure
Co-financing & IP
Income ExpenditureFiscal year 2012
NWO
OCW
Contribution EZ
Open Technologieprogramma
Vernieuwingsimpuls
Perspectief
a.o. Partnership &Valorisation Grant
Overhead
90M€
8 M€
22M€
10M€
50M€
89M€
18M€
10M€
31M€
24M€
6M€
Ecosystem of STW
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±500 project leaders
±750 researchers
> 600 companies in user committees
2500 actual user relations
STW instruments• Open Technology Program (20%) open competition for projects up to k€ 750
• Perspectief program for the Topsectors (35%) open competition between programs M€ 2 - 4
• Partnership program (17%) tailored programs, STW M€ 1,5 + industrial partner M€ 1,5
• Valorisation Grant (6%) start-up subsidy for commercialization of an invention, 3 phases
• Vernieuwingsimpuls (11%) personal subsidy for scientific career development
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Bringing parties togetherEvery STW-project is monitored
by a user committee (UC)
In the UC meeting participate:– applicant(s)– users (minimum is 4 of which 50%
companies)– personnel temporarily appointed to the
project– program officer STW, supported by:
• management assistant • legal department• financial department
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Role of the user committee
• platform for interaction between knowledge (technology) providers and (technology) users.
• Keep focus on the application of the results – maximise the possibility of knowledge transfer
• Give advice on the technology development, e.g. pitfalls, ‘hands-on’ know-how.
• Creation of a network that endures beyond the project period.
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Outcome of STW-projects– Well educated researchers– Scientific output / Know how (publications, theses)– Idea– Concept– Proof-of-principle / Proof-of-concept– Guidelines - policy– Prototype– Pre-series– Production– Sales– Follow up investments– Patents
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Knowledge transfer
Two strategies depending on the outcome and sector
1. Protect the knowledge To enable technology transfer / to protect the interests of the
companies involved the knowledge developed is strictly confidential
File a patent / know how agreement
2. “Spread the news”Workshop with all stakeholdersResearcher / user presentationsOpen source softwareNon-scientific publications
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Publicity is important !!
Volkskrant 13 October 2012
Example:
Adding activated coal to contaminated sediments
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Intellectual property policyStarting points:
• Confidentiality
• Ownership IPR and know-how jointly to STW and university
• Members of the UC will have a preferential position, but are not automatically entitled to apply the results
• Companies → discuss results internally, but no commercial activities → consult STW
• A financial or in-kind contribution to the project does NOT imply the right to use results - however an option agreement is possible
• User’s exclusivity only in exchange for a substantial contribution, option agreement required
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Perspectief ProgramsFrom Waste to Resource (W2R)
Recovery of resources from organic side streams
5 projects4 M€, including 1 M€ cofinancing
BioGeoCivil
Bio-Based Geo & Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Society
5 projects4.8 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing
Perspectief ProgramsGSPT Green and Smart Process Technologies
Development of sustainable alternatives
7 projects6.4 M€, including 1.7 M€ co-financing
Learning from Nature
Use natural reservoir of plant defense mechanismsTo obtain better crops
7 projects6 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing
Perspectief ProgramsSMARTSep
Smart separation technologies for complex systems
7 projects4.7 M€, including 1.3 M€ cofinancing
Partnership ProgramsRijk Zwaan BV
Meiosis, managing meiotic recombination in plant breeding
5 projects3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Rijk Zwaan BV
Electrons e-products
Fatty Acids(C2/C3/C4)
Biopolymers
Alcohols
Biogas BiomethaneIndustrial WW
Solid biomass(organic waste,
agriculturalresidu, etc.)
MCFA(C6/C8)
Algae(waste)
Prod
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Etc.
VFA
PLATFORMWWT sludge
(e.g., municipal)
Paques BV
The VFA Platform
5 projects3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Paques BV
Other Programs
STW – EZ Protein Innovation Programme
5 projects3 M€, including 0.3 M€ co-financing
Open Technology ProgrammeBreeding eels in aquaculture
Ecology and genomics of Lysobacter species: toward the development of new disease control strategies
Galactofuranose biosynthesis in Aspergillus niger provides new opportunities for industrial applications in the field of red and white biotechnology