PTTI Portuguese Technology Transfer Initiative

Workshop de preparação da Ministerial da ESA de 2012

Lisbon, 09.10.12

Carlos Cerqueira, PTTI’s Director

Non-space markets

Space technologies

PTTI’s Goal

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Strenghtening the Portuguese

space industry competitiveness’ by

supporting and facilitating the

transfer of space technologies to

non-space markets

Partners

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National Technology Transfer Network Initiative in Portugal

Created in 1991 by the

University of Coimbra

Promotes innovation and

technology transfer between

academia and business.

Instituto Pedro Nunes

Instituto Pedro Nunes

R&TD INCUBATION

TRAINING

15 YEARS OF INCUBATION (1996-2012)

Total Firms > 180

Spin-offs U. Coimbra > 65%

Survival Rate > 80%

Turnover (2011) > 75 M €

Export > 35%

Direct Employment Qualification > 1700

PTTI’s

Main Axis

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Open Calls

and

Technology Transfer

Open Calls

Feasibility Studies (FS)

Report on the technical and commercial

application of a space technology in a non-

space market

Open Calls

Demonstrators (Dem)

Testing the technological feasibility of using

a certain space technology in a specific non-

space market

Open Calls

2 separate calls

for FS and Dem

Open Calls

Budget and grant

50% of the costs

Max 30k grant per project

60k Project receives 30k

Open Calls

Budget and grant

Total Budget for FS and DEM: 224.983 €

6 FS / Dem

Open Calls

Who can apply? Entities of the 2011 FCT Space Catalogue

Entities developing space technologies

Entities developing non-space applications

based on ESA’s space technology and on

ESA’s data collection

Eligible Costs

Personnel, subcontracting, equipment,

access to data, travelling, indirect costs

.

Open Calls

6 Month projects

Open Calls

How to apply?

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http://ptti.ipn.pt/

Calls Publication

Oct, 2012

Evaluation 1

Dec, 2012

Evaluation 2

Mar, 2013

Evaluation 3

June, 2013

Calls’ Calendar

1. The current development status of the space

technology and the applicant competencies

2. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) status

3. The novelty technology/competencies and

competitive advantage against comparable IPR

Evaluation Criteria

4. Non-space market(s) attractiveness

5. The potential benefits of the novelty technology

/ competencies for the non-space market(s)

Evaluation Criteria

6. The capacity of the applicant entity and staff

7. The project cost effectiveness

8. The overall feasibility of the project

Evaluation Criteria

Open Calls

and

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer

Mapping new

transferable space

technologies, screening

the market needs to

match supply/demand

and to mediate potential

business contacts

Do call us!

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Invention

& Innovation

Thank you!

Instituto Pedro Nunes Rua Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, PORTUGAL

Tel. + 351 239 700 300 – Fax. + 351 239 700 301

URL: www.ipn.pt / www.ptti.ipn.pt

E-mail: ptti@ipn.pt

PTTI’s Coordinator IPR / Legal Advisor Open Calls Manager TT Manager