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Key Figures Submission: April 2003 as ETI - Specific Support Action No Project start: 1st March, 2004 Duration: 3 years Project partner: 28 partners out of 26 countries (10 CC, 4 AC, 12 MS) Coordination: Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation, Austria Budget: Euro EC contribution: Euro
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„SMEs go LifeSciences“ is co-funded by the European Commission
Activities supporting SME participation in the instruments particularly Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence
in the areas of Life Sciences in the 6th Framework Programme
Raising the quantitative and qualitative level of involvement of SMEs and SME groupings in Life Sciences oriented projects in the 6th Framework Programme (FP6), with an emphasis on the new
instruments – Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence. Candidate countries participation will be a
special focus of the measures foreseen.
Objective
Key Figures
Submission: April 2003 as ETI - Specific Support ActionNo. 508527
Project start: 1st March, 2004
Duration: 3 years
Project partner: 28 partners out of 26 countries (10 CC, 4 AC, 12 MS)
Coordination: Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation, Austria
Budget: 2.557 855 EuroEC contribution: 1.734 025 Euro
Main Objective
Support and foster the participation of SMEs and SME groupings in Life Sciences projects of FP6
Two major lines of activities
Capacity building and training Consortium building & match
for SMEs & SME groupings + making for SMEsresearchers on how to + researchers preparing ainvolve SMEs proposal
ActivitiesTarget group: SMEs & SME groupings
Identification/Information of SMEs and SME groupings
Profiling of SMEs and SME groupings interested in international research cooperation and ready to participate in the Framework Programme
Training/Assisting of SMEs and SME groupings following their needs (Intellectual property rights, financial framework of FP6, project management etc.)
ActivitiesTarget group: Researchers
Identification researchers/research consortia preparing Life Sciences proposals as coordinators or active participants
Training/Assistance of researchers creation of awareness on the importance of involving SMEs assistance on consortium building and finding partners training/individual assistance on proposal preparation and involvement
of SMEs, training in legal and financial framework of FP6
Profiling of research consortia looking for SME partners
Activities Matchmaking between SMEs/
SME groupings and researchers
Creation of a high quality database where SMEs can present their expertise and researchers their project ideas
Organisation of brokerage events (real or virtual)
Presentation of SME profiles and researchers project ideas on major conferences and events
Matchmaking by individual support/advise of SMEs/SME groupings and researchers
Activities
Call Information Network: Assisting already running projects in integrating SMEs in a later stage of their project
Identification of and establishment of cooperation with Bio-incubators and Biovalleys as well as training of relevant organisations
Close collaboration with Biotech Entrepreneurial Networks like Europabio (platform for the National Biotech Associations), EBN (European Business and Innovation Centres Network), IRC (Innovation Relay Centres)
Major Achievements Contacts to 2500 SMEs for participation in LifeSciences
projects in FP6
Contacts to 400 researchers/coordinators of Life Sciences proposals
160 national & 6 transnational training sessions for SMEs & SME groupings as well as for researchers, 3 brokerage events
100 profiles and partner searches of coordinators or active participants preparing Life Sciences proposals, particular in the new instruments
Contacting, profiling, training of SMEs and researchers will result in 300 consortia taking in at least one additional SME partner resulting in 500 involved SMEs in total
The consortium
A network of 28 partners from 26 countries is highly motivated and committed
Project partners are highly experienced in working with SMEs and research organisations - most of them act as National Contact Points (NCPs)
“SMEs go LifeSciences“ is a stepping up project of the FP5 initiative “Partners for Life”.
Responsibilities
Herlitschka
Work Packages(WP)
Organisation,Participant Nr.
Country
WP1 - Start-up Phase IFTR PAS, Participant 2 PolandWP2 – Working with SMEs EU/FOU Radet, Participant
3Sweden
WP3 – Working withResearchers
APRE, Participant 4 Italy
WP4 – Matchmaking andnetworking facilities
Euro Top, Participant 5 Belgium
WP5 - Matchmaking ISERD, Participant 6 IsraelWP6 - Call InformationNetwork
HSTF, Participant 7 Hungary
WP7 – Networking withIncubators and Biovalleys
BEA – Participant 8 Belgium
WP8 – BiotechEntrepreneurial Networks
Euro Top, Participant 5 Belgium
WP9 - Management BIT, Participant 1 Austria
Conclusion
“SMEs go LifeSciences” project is the key platform for Life Sciences SMEs
in Europe.
We can make a difference and can help developing the innovation potential of European Life Sciences SMEs.
Web: www.smesgolifesciences.org
Project coordination and contact:
Bureau for International Research and Technology CooperationDonau-City Straße, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Birgit Steiningere-mail: steininger@bit.ac.atphone: +43/1/26013-133fax: +43/1/26013-16web: www.bit.ac.at
Bulgarian Partner and contact
Bulgarian Agency for Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Agency
1 Sveta Nedelia Sq., Sofia 1000
Galina DoynovaState experte-mail: g.doynova@asme.bgphone: +359 2/ 9329 277fax: +359 2/ 986 18 99web: www.asme.bg, www.btpa.bg
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