agency for Innovation by Science and Technology
agentschap voor Innovatiedoor Wetenschap en Technologie
IWT Baekeland and Innovation Mandates
iMinds – Researchers in Residence
Els Tourwé
13 april 2023
Outline
1. IWT2. Baekeland mandates3. Innovation mandates4. Practical details
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IWT: some facts and figures
• IWT is the agency for Innovation by Science and Technology of the Flemish government.
• Annual budget: ± 300 million euro • Number of handled requests: 1970 in 2013• Number of advisors: ± 66• 1397 external experts involved in evaluation proces
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Supporting innovation in Flanders
Funding Advice and services
Co-ordination and
networking
Policy development
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All types of innovators
Companies Research centres
Organizations
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Overview of IWT funding schemes
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R&D-enterprise-projects, SPRINT- and SME-programme
Strategic Basic Research
Networks and inter-mediaries
R&D organisations
companies
Tech Transfer Agriculture
Individuals Innovation mandateBaekeland mandateDoctoral
grant
Collective innovation trajectories
TBM (biomed)
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Baekeland programme
• The Baekeland-programme offers researchers the opportunity to perform doctoral research and to obtain a PhD-degree in close cooperation with the business/industrial sector.
• The aim is to promote the mobility of researchers between the academic and the industrial world, as well as the international mobility
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General terms and conditions
• The research has a clear economic objective and will result – if successfull- in an added value for the company
• The research is oriented to acquiring a doctorate and meets the accepted criteria for doctoral research:
The project should fit within strategic basic research for a doctorate (PhD) = high-quality research that is innovative and provides the PhD student with ample intellectual challenges.
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Consortium: partners
• Company with activities in Flanders Strategic orientation of the project Co-financing Assigns an industrial mentor Commitment for duration of the project
• Flemish university Guidance/support towards a PhD-thesis and the assignment
of a PhD degree according to the accepted criteria for doctoral research
Other knowledge centres (also from abroad) in cooperation with a scientific promotor at a Flemish university
• Doctoral candidate employee of the university/knowledge centre or employee of
the company mobility: activities in the company and in the
university/knowledge centre open to all candidates who are admitted to doctoral research
at a Flemish university
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Budget and IWT-funding
• Payroll of the mandate holder (based on the real salary cost) + the other costs associated with this one employee for 4 years
• Other costs = (fixed costs + operating costs + equipment costs) 160 keuro/project
- Overhead (max. 20.000 euro/year)- Operating costs (materials, licencies, travelling costs, …)- Depreciation of equipment (% occupation, depreciation period)
No fixed sum but a maximum (details)• Funding: 50% for large companies, 60 or 70% for SME’s• 10% extra support for well-balanced collaboration
between several independent companies of which none of the companies contributes more than 70% of the cost, and at least one partner is an SME.
Innovation mandates
- Provide support to postdoctoral researchers who wish to undertake active efforts to achieve the effective transfer, the exploitation and the utilisation of their research findings, either through a close collaboration with an existing company, either directed towards the establishment of a new spin-off company.
- Main objectives of the research project are: - strategic basic research resulting in the applicability of the research
results in the industry - the economical valorisation of research
niche between university research and research in industry; strong input from the research institutes, but with a valorisation in business;
strategic basic research projects, characterized by a risk level which is still too high to be already carried out as an industrial R&D project.
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Different types of mandates
1) Spin-off mandates:- leading to the establishment of a spin-off company- main target of this type of innovation mandates is research (and activities) directed towards the creation of a spin-off company with an industrial activity in Flanders
- maximum 2 years (mandate stops at the date of foundation of the company)- mandate holder is employee of the knowledge centre
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Different types of mandates
2) Cooperation with existing companies: - with co-financing - phased model
These innovation mandates may consist of 2 phases:- First phase:
- Preliminary phase in which more research is performed to assess the applicability in a business context
- all partners involved will define milestone(s), and the thereto related scientific objectives, which should be achieved before a transfer of results to the industry will be possible
- maximum 12 months - Mandate holder is employee of the knowledge centre
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Different types of mandates
2) Cooperation with existing companies:- Second phase:
- Mandates starting with phase 1 shall proceed to phase 2 after 6 months or after 12 months at the latest
- It is possible to start directly with phase 2, in particular when there is a clear one-to-one relationship with a company, and/or when the company considerably contributes its own knowledge/models/tools
- The company is the applicant and is responsible for the strategic orientation of the research and for co-financing
- Project duration of 24 months (or maximum 36 months)- Mandate holder is employee of the research institute or of the
company
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Budget and IWT-funding
• Payroll of the mandate holder (based on the real salary cost) + the other costs associated with this one employee
• Other costs = (fixed costs + operating costs + equipment costs) 40 keuro/FTE per year
- Overhead (max. 20.000 euro/year)- Operating costs (materials, licencies, travelling costs, …)- Depreciation of equipment (% occupation, depreciation period)
No fixed sum but a maximum (details)• Support:
• 100% for IM Phase 1 and IM spin-off• 50%, 60 or 70% IM Phase 2
• 10% extra support for well-balanced collaboration between several independent companies of which none of the companies contributes more than 70% of the cost, and at least one partner is an SME.
Intellectual property rights
Spin-off mandates and mandates in phase 1:100% funding to the knowledge centre (SBO-Decree)
The companies only take on a coaching role and they do not acquire any rights to the research results;
In Phase 1, it is possible to agree on a “Right Of First Negotiation”
Upon transferring IPR to a company, the knowledge centre receives a fee in accordance with the market price for the transfer of intellectual property rights;
The company acting as an industrial mentor has no guarantee on the possible licensing/exploitation of the project results.
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Intellectual property rights
If the company also contributes its own knowledge/ models/tools, an immediate start with Phase 2 is highly recommended
Mutual consent concerning the distribution of IPR:
1. Preference given to shared rights 2. Property rights to the results would belong to the knowledge
centre3. Company would acquire property rights on results with a
specific target
Obviously, partners need to agree on acces to background knowledge
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Submitting an application
- Application forms (http://www.iwt.be/subsidies/innovatiemandaten or http://www.iwt.be/subsidies/baekeland-mandaten)• Oral defence before a panel of experts by the
candidate• Evaluation criteria:
Scientific quality vs utilisation quality candidate vs project
• Decision by board of directors of IWT
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1st call 2015
Deadline for submission: March 2nd, 2015 at 12.00 noon
• exploratory meetings: January 19th, February 5th 2015 (register via www.iwt.be)
• submit an electronic version to [email protected] or [email protected]
• The application will be checked for eligibility upon receipt (14 working days)
• Oral defence: May, 2015
• Decision: June 18th, 2014
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Contact persons
Programme: Els Tourwé ([email protected])
Secretary: Ann Voets ([email protected])
Director: Maarten Sileghem
Questions: mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 16
B-1030 Brussel
Tel.: +32 (0)2 432 42 00
Fax.: +32 (0)2 432 43 99
E-mail: [email protected]
www.iwt.be
agentschap voor Innovatiedoor Wetenschap en Technologie
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