BRUSSELS PROJECT FUNDING VUB TechTransfer supports researchers applying for funding for strategic research with valorisation perspectives from the BrusselsCapital Region. This resulted in a total budget of € 4.7M granted by Innoviris for 2020. Dedicated support from TechTransfer has contributed to the approval of no less than 15 projects.
Budget approved Innoviris projects in 2020 Budget € 4,697,167
Spin Off € 490,949
Applied PhD € 513,775
R&D projects € 283,800
Proof of Concept € 227,112
Joint R&D project € 2,498,265
Experimental Platforms € 634,750
Projects in detail: Applied PhD The Applied PhD-programme finances doctoral projects in applied research in collaboration with an industrial partner or administrative authorities. The latter is quite unique, and opens perspectives for SSHA-oriented PhDs. • Het Brusselse woonpatrimonium (1975-2000): materialiteit en erfgoedwaarde ( ARCHBXL) - Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde • Data Driven Coaching of Local Communities in Achieving SDG Goals: SDG IN ACTION - Pieter Ballon, Leo Van Audenhove, Nils Walravens
Spin-off This call stimulates the creation of new companies in the Brussels-Capital Region. Spin-off projects can launch an innovative product, process or service in order to investigate the commercialisation opportunities. • TRM4aSF: Transient Radar Methodology for a Sustainable Future - Johan Stiens
Joint R&D project The goal of the ‘Joint R&D project’ call is to encourage collaboration between academics and entrepreneurs in the Brussels-Capital Region. In 2019 a call was launched with the theme “From therapeutic medicine to predictive medicine: Prediction, Prevention, Identification”. In 2020 4 projects were approved, which is an excellent result. • DIMENTIA: Data governance in the development of machine learning algorithms to predict neurodegenerative disease evolution - Guy Nagels, Hichem Sahli, Jo Pierson
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