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Technology Transfer Demonstrator
Published on 28 February 2019
Czech Republic
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About this good practice
Technology transfer demonstrator is funding tool of ESA agency, which provide the funding. Agency redistributed by its tool national membership payments. Calls have been organized each year.
Technology Transfer Demonstrator projects support the transfer of space technology to terrestrial applications where there is a strong commercial or societal benefit and there is a clear technical risk that can be eliminated. These projects result in the development and testing of new hardware and software which increase the likelihood of the core technology being transferred from space to ground.
Priority is given to projects where there is a clear ground based commercial application with a customer group with defined needs, and for whom the transfer demonstrator may be used to gain commercial traction.
Applicants could be from any ESA member state.
The main advantage of this practice is very short evaluation period (ca 1 month) and brief project proposal (8 pages). Project duration should be up to the 6 months. Tool is so very friendly towards SMEs and lowering administrative burden in relation to project administration.
Technology Transfer Demonstrator projects support the transfer of space technology to terrestrial applications where there is a strong commercial or societal benefit and there is a clear technical risk that can be eliminated. These projects result in the development and testing of new hardware and software which increase the likelihood of the core technology being transferred from space to ground.
Priority is given to projects where there is a clear ground based commercial application with a customer group with defined needs, and for whom the transfer demonstrator may be used to gain commercial traction.
Applicants could be from any ESA member state.
The main advantage of this practice is very short evaluation period (ca 1 month) and brief project proposal (8 pages). Project duration should be up to the 6 months. Tool is so very friendly towards SMEs and lowering administrative burden in relation to project administration.
Expert opinion
The technology transfer demonstrator is a call for project program to facilitate technology transfer from the space sector to wider commercial and societal applications. The call for project is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to allow for space innovation to be transformed into commercial product innovation. The call for project is interesting for SMEs due to the low administrative burden thanks to the quick evaluation period and short proposals. Funding for projects is up to 50 000 euros. The good practice emphasises the role of national governments and the European Union to promote technology transfer and commercial applications of strategic European sectors such as space or defence.
Works at
Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform
Resources needed
Max. subsidy for one project is up to 50 000 € (2019 call), 7-10 projects totally are supported in each call. Next call is announced now, spring 2020.
Evidence of success
Successfuly tranferred technologies:
PROTHERM - high performance thermal protection shields of thin corrosion resistant steel sheet. the terrestrial application refers to heat shields around the exhaust system in car engines.
There are tens successfully supported projects in previous calls of this competition, more information from the annual calls here: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/TTP_Business_Opportunities/Technology_Transfer_Demons
PROTHERM - high performance thermal protection shields of thin corrosion resistant steel sheet. the terrestrial application refers to heat shields around the exhaust system in car engines.
There are tens successfully supported projects in previous calls of this competition, more information from the annual calls here: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/TTP_Business_Opportunities/Technology_Transfer_Demons
Potential for learning or transfer
The tool could be partly implemented also to national funding scheme in the space activities or R&D funding in general.
The main advantage of this practice is very short evaluation period (ca 1 month) and brief project proposal (4 – 8 pages). Tool is so very friendly towards SMEs and lowering administrative burden in relation to project administration.
The main advantage of this practice is very short evaluation period (ca 1 month) and brief project proposal (4 – 8 pages). Tool is so very friendly towards SMEs and lowering administrative burden in relation to project administration.
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
Organisation
Technology Center CAS
Czech Republic
Praha
Contact
project manager of technology transfer