How can the results of an EU-funded project continue to generate value once the funding period has ended? And what role can intellectual property play in transforming research results into sustainable services, products, start-ups or spin-offs?
This 90-minute training session will explore how sound intellectual property and exploitation strategies can support the long-term sustainability of EU-funded project results.
The event will be divided into two complementary parts.
- intellectual property | small and medium-sized enterprises
- Wednesday 14 October 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 (CEST)
- Live streaming available
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 14 October 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 (CEST)
- Livestream
- Starts on Wednesday 14 October 2026, 10:30 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
- Organisers
- European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
- Number of seats
- 1000 Participants
- Entrance fee
- This Webinar is offered free of charge
Description
The first part will address one of the most common challenges faced by EU-funded projects: ensuring that valuable results continue to be used, developed and maintained after the end of the grant.
Drawing on practical experience from different EU-funded projects, the session will present possible sustainability and exploitation pathways.
Particular attention will be paid to how the ownership, protection, access and governance of project results can affect the feasibility of these different pathways.
The second part will complement the project perspective with practical experiences from three start-ups operating in the fields of:
- biotechnology and green chemistry;
- agri-tech and sustainable agriculture; and
- biotechnology and oncology diagnostics.
Through these examples, participants will learn about the challenges encountered when moving from research and innovation to the market, the importance of intellectual property for attracting investment and building partnerships, and the strategic choices involved in protecting and exploiting innovative technologies.
The session is particularly relevant for researchers, project coordinators, innovation managers, technology transfer professionals, entrepreneurs and organisations involved in EU-funded research and innovation projects.
By combining the experience of the European IP Helpdesk with concrete entrepreneurial cases, the training will provide participants with practical insights into how project results can be transformed into sustainable impact beyond the lifetime of EU funding.
