Valorisation Centre 1 The Valorisation Centre supports, stimulates and facilitates scientists and faculties in the valorisation of its knowledge by means of: Cooperation with companies Protection of Intellectual Property Business development, spin-offs Lifelong learning Acquisition of external funding (strategy, training, advice, management)

Valorisation Centre 2 EU funding Benefits: Team up with European scientists, building networks Visibility in Brussels Image building, branding of TU Delft’s name Wide range of complementary funding programs Advantageous funding characteristics

Valorisation Centre 3 Strategy Implementation EU VAL. CENTRE Directly, through Committees or at Member state level Rules & regulations for Participation and funding TU DELFT

Valorisation Centre 4 Effective strategies Strategic level financial level; first identify your targets: what are your financial sources now, and where will you be in 5 years? scientific level: what are your scientific competencies, can you identify a few areas in which you want you excel on a EU level? Also, build your competencies, first as partner than as applicant/coordinator, or first individual grants, than multipartner research grants Appoint strategic staff and train them to get to know Brussels: Policy documents – also for EuroMed region Framework documents, rules of participation Lobbying groups in Brussels Management information systems (nr of bids, nr of grants, etc)

Valorisation Centre 5 Effective support structure Implementation level Define the right support structure for legal, financial and managerial support for those scientists that are busy acquiring EU funding. Centralised or decentralised? What kind of staff needed? Legal, financial and managerial Training of staff, invest! Financial accountancy system in place, FP proof?

Valorisation Centre 6 Centralized: Board & Deansstrategic choices based on MIS Central services: Finance & Control (F&C)financial accountancy system, time registration, direct/indirect cost Legal Affairs (BJO)EU grant agreements, consortium agreements, IP protection Policy & Strategy (BMO)MIS De-centralized: Faculty: Faculty SecretariesImplementation of EU programs in the faculty Technology Transfer Officers (TTO)Scout for relevant calls Contract managersfirst advisor for scientists (legal & financial info Project Administratorsdraw up declarations, arrange for auditing Department Dep. Secretarieshelping contract managers in large faculties Overview EU-support structure TU Delft Valorisation centre- project management

Valorisation Centre 7 EUROPEAN GRANTS Research FP7http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.htmlhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html CIPhttp://ec.europa.eu/cip/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/cip/index_en.htm DG specific calls and tenders Education (Life Long Learning) Erasmus Mundus MSc & Erasmus Mundus Doctorate programmes/doc72_en.htm Individual training Marie Curie ITN, IEF, Incoming, outgoing Bilateral DG external relations: EUROMED and EU NEIGHBOURHOOD PROGRAM (ENPI)

Valorisation Centre 8 Building up experience and capacities Junior staff can be steered to individual scholarships 1-5 years, than network to become partner another 5 years Senior staff should network to become partner, after 10 years- coordinatorships and ERC.

Valorisation Centre 9 Example of support of Valorisation Centre in case of a specific FP7 project ACQUISITION: Advice to scientist on the FP program, work programs, call info, laise with NCP, Brussels Advice on consortium building Advice on writing a competative proposal Advice on budgeting Registration of proposal, Part A and B submitted CONTRACT NEGOTIATION: Negotiation meeting, NEF, Grant agreement(s) Consortium agreements IMPLEMENTATION (project management) PROVIDE TRAINING to scientists and support staff

Valorisation Centre 10 Thank you Theresia Twickler EU grants advisor and Sr. Project manager