European Commission 1 The Technology Implementation Plan (TIP) Training Seminar From CORDIS.

European Commission1

The Technology Implementation Plan

(TIP)


(TIP)

Training Seminar

From

CORDIS


Contents

1. Why do we need a TIP?

2. What is the TIP?

3. How do you submit a TIP?

4. Who uses the TIP?

5. Some TIP ‘tips’

6. The TIP and CORDIS


SECTION ONE

Why do we need a TIP?



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European research

• Generates a third of the world’s science

• Exploits less well than the US and Japan

• Spends less on R&D than the US and Japan



R&D Inputs• FP1 to FP4 = 58,000 projects• Circa € 3bn per year• 17 years of operation

R&D Outputs• Number of exploitations by project partners unknown• Only 10,000 ‘externally exploitable’ results reported

to CORDIS



Five-Year Assessment of the Framework Programmes, 1995-1999 (July 2000)

• At present there is excessive focus on adherence to procedures and not enough emphasis on ensuring overall goal attainment

• The system of evaluation can be considered as well established. Impact assessment should become one of the most important elements of evaluation

• The Panel concluded that the outputs and results of projects of potential relevance to other policy goals were not adequately communicated or utilised.



Conclusions:-

The project contractors needed to give more attention to how to exploit their results – especially if they are not intending to exploit them themselves

The Programmes needed to report on the impact of their projects in terms of the overall goals of the Framework Programmes and to report in a way which is consistent across all Programmes


SECTION TWO

What is the TIP?


What is the TIP?

For the Commission:-

• A compulsory deliverable

• Specified in the model contract

• The means by which the contractor documents the

exploitation efforts that they are obliged to undertake

• Agreed by all Programmes after wide consultation


What is the TIP?

For the researcher:-

• A tool to help plan and implement exploitation

• A way to demonstrate the benefits of the research

• A means to gain publication of results

• A means to keep commercial plans confidential


What is the TIP?

Format:-

• Common to all Programmes

• Collects all exploitation information in one

submission

• Electronic


Whereas the technological implementation plan should be prepared in line with progress on the work of the project; whereas it should be a determining element with a view to the use and dissemination of knowledge in the interests of the Community, the participants and international agreements with the Community; whereas the technological implementation plan should be drawn up in such a manner as to allow its monitoring and to allow the conditions of exploitation and the search for financial resources for development to be facilitated;

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 996/1999of 11 May 1999

on the implementation of Council Decision 1999/65/EC concerning the rules forthe participation of undertakings, research centres and universities and for thedissemination of research results for the implementation of the fifth framework

programme of the European Community (1998-2002)

What is the TIP?


§ 17.1 of Model Contract

The technological implementation plan shall include

a summary of the project and

a forecast of the intentions of the contractors, as well as a description of their achievements regarding the use of the knowledge.

What is the TIP?


SECTION THREE

How to submit a TIP?


The eTIP is found at

www.cordis.lu/etip




STEP 1The Project Coordinator registers themselves, all the project partners, and the project details.

STEP 2The partners or the coordinator provide details of their individual exploitable results from the project.

STEP 3The coordinator checks that everything has been completed and submits the eTIP.



Step one:Coordinatorregisters



INFORMATION

• Summary of project

• Description of results including categorisation into

types A,B, or C• Ownership of results

COMPLETED BY

Co-ordinator

USE

• Update project data• Promote results



INFORMATION

• Partner intentions• IPR Protection measures• Community added-value• Differences to plan

COMPLETED BY

Coordinator OR Partners individually

USE• Internal by Commission

services (not published)• Aggregation at Commission

level of partner information for reporting



INFORMATION

• Externally exploitable results• Collaboration requests• Offers of technology

COMPLETED BY

Partners (results owners)

Mandatory if result is Type A

USE• CORDIS for publication• IRC for promotion• LIFT for financing• IPR for protection



INFORMATION

• Assessment of EU impact

COMPLETED BY

Co-ordinator

COMMENTED ON BY

Commission Project Officer

USE• Justifies project

• Is commented on (confidentially) by Commission Project Officer



eTIP Functions:• Can be completed and saved in sessions• Pre-populated with project data• Co-ordinator, partners and CPO have own access• Confidentiality of data assured• Data goes straight into a database• Performs all functions of former TIP form



Problems accessing the e-TIP?• [email protected]

Want to be kept up-to-date?• [email protected]

Queries about specifics?• Your Commission Project Officer

Unresolvable technical difficulties?• Downloadable document version available


SECTION FOUR

Who uses the TIP?


Partners: A, B, CExploitable results: 1, 2, 3, 4

A1

C3

B2

4

Licensee

Venturecapital

Who uses the TIP?


Who uses the TIP?

Commission services• World-wide publication• CORDIS Community R&D Information Service• A network of local agents• IRCs – Innovation Relay Centres• Help to get finance mobilised • LIFT – Linking Innovation Finance and Technology• Protecting intellectual property• IPR Helpdesk advising on patents, copyright etc.

The TIP helps to identify results which need such facilities and is a basis for communication


SECTION FIVE

Some TIP ‘tips’


Some TIP ‘tips’

Do:-

• Develop an exploitation strategy early in the project, preferably before it starts

• Document your intentions in a draft TIP early on

• Think “exploitation” in its broadest sense including non-commercial uses

• Consult your Project Officer for advice

• Submit in electronic format


Some TIP ‘tips’

Don’ts

• Ignore it – or the funding can’t be paid

• Leave it until the project end when the partners will no longer spend time

• Forget that the Commission has a right to monitor exploitation

• Omit publishable description if you have externally exploitable ‘Type A’ results

• Submit on paper


Some TIP ‘tips’

Ownership of results

• Ownership of results and exploitation strategy has to be documented in the TIP

• IPR ownership is with partners generating the results

• Access rights can be restricted and exclusive access rights are possible

• Obligation to protect and exploit (protection costs are reimbursed)

• Exploitation can be by partners or external to project but must be at least one of these


Some TIP ‘tips’

Organisations that can’t directly exploit can consider:

• IPR Protection/patenting• Licensing to external organisations• University start-ups or spin-offs or graduate

enterprise• Public or social good organisations• Input to Standards • Input to EU policy making (studies, workshop

results)• Education initiatives• Further collaborative research


SECTION SIX

The TIP and CORDIS


The TIP and CORDIS

CORDIS today Current size• 30,000 Web pages• 250,000 database records• 31,000 documents• 56,000 registered users• 40,000 subscribers to paper

publications

Per month• 3.5 million pages served• 11,000 email notifications• 116,000 downloads• 112,000 identified users


The TIP and CORDIS

CORDIS today

• The only central access point to all technologies emerging from EU sponsored R&D

• Free to information providers

• Free to users

• Official source and version of information

• Preserves knowledge after projects are closed

• Has built up an inventory of 58,000 projects and 10,000 results


The TIP and CORDIS

www.cordis.lu/marketplace


The TIP and CORDIS

Technology

Marketplace

• A virtual marketplace for results and offers of technology

• Multi-media• Constantly changing

content• Five languages


The TIP and CORDIS

Results on

Marketplace

• All qualifying results are stored on the CORDIS Results Knowledge Base

• This entry contains the text and contact details that are submitted via the TIP


The TIP and CORDIS

Selection of the ‘best’ results for special promotion based on five criteria

1. Impact – social, economic

2. Effect on employment

3. Closeness to market

4. Marketability – how likely to succeed

5. Other factors – eg. public profile, early indicators of success,

enabling effect

If your project has these demonstrate it in the TIP!


The TIP and CORDIS

‘Technology Offers’

On Marketplace• Short description

professionally written in plain language

• Structured in a ‘newsy’ journalistic style

• Always an attractive image• Contact details• Links to technical and

project information• Available in 5 languages


The TIP and CORDIS

Browsing offers

• Moving window on the latest and best

• Browsable by category• Browsable by type of

exploitation• Browsable by keyword

search


The TIP and CORDIS

Technology Opportunities Today

• 48 page colour magazine• Published every two months• Distributed to 40,000

subscribers• Used by many ‘multiplier’

organisations


The TIP and CORDIS

Technology Opportunities Today

Inside the magazine


The TIP and CORDIS

Media promotion

• Features• Content feed to media• Alert target user groups• Content feed to Web portals• ETIS (Emerging

Technologies Intelligence Service)


The TIP and CORDIS

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European Commission 1 The Technology Implementation Plan (TIP) Training Seminar From CORDIS.

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