WP3.B Supply chain development and spin- off creation

This task will support and complement the collaborations between research institutions and industries that will take place within the R&D work packages in order to maximize the exploitation of technology transfer and the development of industrial supply chains. The task starts with the definition of the supply chains landscape related to the spoke’s activities in order to arrange R&D project collaborations and on the job education within the ecosystem. Additionally, SMEs interested in the spoke’s activities will be openly selected to receive tailored acceleration services, including funding and investor research. Finally, the spoke will facilitate the incorporation and establishment of spin-offs from the affiliates of the spoke, in order to exploit directly IP and know how. The spoke will provide these services through highly qualified staff hired for this purpose, supported by academic and professional resources of Spoke affiliates (GSSI, FBK, TASI) and the know-how from their respective networks. Part of the accelerator services (e.g. internationalization, entrepreneurship, etc..) will be outsourced through external tenders to highly qualified external accelerators, selected on the basis of international excellence and local capacities.