Technology Foundation STW Funding agency Finance research at universities and some selected knowledge institutes Applied sciences in NL 2/17 Nereda ® -water purification Cyclox ® -diesel from plantmaterial Precision spraying

Science  Technology Fundamental Scientific Research Technological Research Product Development Effort Universities Industry S T W 3/17

Technology Foundation STW Our goal / mission Achieving knowledge transfer between academic research and 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 4/17

Income and Expenditure Co-financing & IP Income Expenditure Fiscal year 2012 NWO OCW Contribution EZ Open Technologieprogramma Vernieuwingsimpuls Perspectief a.o. Partnership & Valorisation Grant Overhead 90 M€ 8 M€ 22 M€ 10 M€ 50 M€ 89 M€ 18 M€ 10 M€ 31 M€ 24 M€ 6 M€

Ecosystem of STW 6/17 ±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€ 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 7/17

Bringing parties together Every 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 User committees in action 8/17

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. 10/17

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 11/17

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 stakeholders  Researcher / user presentations  Open source software  Non-scientific publications 12/17

Publicity is important !! Volkskrant 13 October 2012 Example: Adding activated coal to contaminated sediments 13/17

Intellectual property policy Starting 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 14/17

Perspectief Programs From Waste to Resource (W2R) Recovery of resources from organic side streams 5 projects 4 M€, including 1 M€ cofinancing BioGeoCivil Bio-Based Geo & Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Society 5 projects 4.8 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing

Perspectief Programs GSPT Green and Smart Process Technologies Development of sustainable alternatives 7 projects 6.4 M€, including 1.7 M€ co-financing Learning from Nature Use natural reservoir of plant defense mechanisms To obtain better crops 7 projects 6 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing

Perspectief Programs SMARTSep Smart separation technologies for complex systems 7 projects 4.7 M€, including 1.3 M€ cofinancing

Partnership Programs Rijk Zwaan BV Meiosis, managing meiotic recombination in plant breeding 5 projects 3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Rijk Zwaan BV Paques BV The VFA Platform 5 projects 3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Paques BV

Other Programs STW – EZ Protein Innovation Programme 5 projects 3 M€, including 0.3 M€ co-financing

Open Technology Programme Breeding 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