Introduction for individual services

The widerAdvance Facility offers a suite of tailored services designed to support research teams (RTs) and research management administrations (RMAs) in advancing their Key Exploitable Results (KERs) towards real-world impact. These services are delivered free of charge to selected beneficiaries and are provided by experts from across Europe.

Dissemination & Exploitation Academy

The D&E Academy is a structured service designed to enhance the impact of research results. It supports Research Teams (RTs) and Research Management Administrators (RMAs) by providing them with the tools and methodologies needed to validate their concepts with early adopters. By helping RTs move beyond the laboratory environment, the Academy guides them in identifying market needs, validating assumptions, and refining innovations to align more closely with stakeholders, investors, and partners.

Key Objectives of the D&E Academy:

• Improve the maturity of Key Exploitable Results (KERs).
• Strengthen the dissemination and exploitation (D&E) capacities of research teams.
• Enhance the skills of RTs and RMAs.
• Support the development of robust use and sustainability plans for KERs.

The D&E Academy provides a structured learning environment, enabling participants to build knowledge and skills in dissemination and exploitation. Moreover, the D&E Academy will allow participants to access other services which require a particular level of readiness.

Programme Structure:

The D&E Academy is a 3-month long capacity building course, composed by three collective workshops and complemented by individual online coaching sessions. The first and final workshops are conducted online, while the second one is in-person. Online workshops generally last 3-4 hours, while the in-person one takes two half-days (the place of the venue is selected case by case to optimise travels and logistics).

Each Academy provides support to a maximum of 15 RTs, each representing one KER.

A D&E Academy is generally organised by trying to support the highest number of KERs possible and optimize the resources (e.g. travels). Therefore, when possible, a D&E Academy will support KERs from a single beneficiary (organisation) or from beneficiaries of the same Country/ geographical area.

All services of the Facility, including the D&E Academy, are free of charge for the beneficiaries. However, travel costs for the participation to the services (when needed) are not covered by the Facility.

Access to the D&E Academy:

To be eligible, the involved RTs must meet the following criteria:

• The KERs are clearly identified.
• RTs responsible for each KER are commitment in exploitation and dissemination activities

RMAs can participate as a listener to learn from experts, enhancing their ability to support future initiatives within their organisations.

The D&E Academy is a structured service designed to enhance the impact of research results. It supports Research Teams (RTs) and Research Management Administrators (RMAs) by providing them with the tools and methodologies needed to validate their concepts with early adopters. By helping RTs move beyond the laboratory environment, the Academy guides them in identifying market needs, validating assumptions, and refining innovations to align more closely with stakeholders, investors, and partners.

Key Objectives of the D&E Academy:

• Improve the maturity of Key Exploitable Results (KERs).
• Strengthen the dissemination and exploitation (D&E) capacities of research teams.
• Enhance the skills of RTs and RMAs.
• Support the development of robust use and sustainability plans for KERs.

The D&E Academy provides a structured learning environment, enabling participants to build knowledge and skills in dissemination and exploitation. Moreover, the D&E Academy will allow participants to access other services which require a particular level of readiness.

Programme Structure:

The D&E Academy is a 3-month long capacity building course, composed by three collective workshops and complemented by individual online coaching sessions. The first and final workshops are conducted online, while the second one is in-person. Online workshops generally last 3-4 hours, while the in-person one takes two half-days (the place of the venue is selected case by case to optimise travels and logistics).

Each Academy provides support to a maximum of 15 RTs, each representing one KER.

A D&E Academy is generally organised by trying to support the highest number of KERs possible and optimize the resources (e.g. travels). Therefore, when possible, a D&E Academy will support KERs from a single beneficiary (organisation) or from beneficiaries of the same Country/ geographical area.

All services of the Facility, including the D&E Academy, are free of charge for the beneficiaries. However, travel costs for the participation to the services (when needed) are not covered by the Facility.

Access to the D&E Academy:

To be eligible, the involved RTs must meet the following criteria:

• The KERs are clearly identified.
• RTs responsible for each KER are commitment in exploitation and dissemination activities

RMAs can participate as a listener to learn from experts, enhancing their ability to support future initiatives within their organisations.

Support with Intangible Assets

Support with Intangible Assets provides personalised assistance to help beneficiaries protect, manage, and commercialise their Intellectual Property (IP) through two tailored service pathways:

IP Strategy and Path to Commercialisation

This service offers the development of a robust IP protection and commercialisation strategy, supported by patentability analysis, market and competitor research, and IP valuation.

Specifically, this service includes:

• Insights into the existing IP landscape and the value of competitors’ IP.
• Assessment of the patentability of your solution, including a novelty report.
• Evaluation of the market value of IP derived from your research outcomes.
• Recommendations for IP protection strategies, including the most suitable forms of protection and geographic coverage, based on the results of a Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis and alignment with your business plans.

IP Commercialisation and Negotiations

This service supports the commercialisation of your IP through:

• The design of tailored negotiation strategies.
• Assistance with term sheets and licensing agreements.
• Practical training and in-person support during live negotiation meetings.

Support with Standardisation

Transferring research results to a standards-setting organisation can increase their value, extend exploitation, spur innovation and transform these results into marketable solutions. Support with Standardisation is a specialised service designed to facilitate this and to streamline the dialogue of beneficiaries with the standardisation landscape and its main actors, namely corresponding Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs). This service offers free one-to-one coaching and training webinars for organisations seeking guidance on standardisation-related aspects of their research projects.

In helps beneficiaries in their work is aligned with relevant standards and healp in planning activities to contrubiute to pre-normative standardisation. Topic covered by the standarization are the green transition in Europe, health, smart cieties and circular economy, sustainable digitalisation and overall resilience in climate, supply chains, cybersecurity, data protection and defense and others. 

Preparation to Match with Third Parties

Preparation To Match with Third Parties is a capacity building programme enabling beneficiaries to effectively present their KERs to various target audience segments. The service includes collective interactive workshops, individual coaching, and practicing sessions to prepare for matchmaking events. Participants are supported to develop strong pitching decks and videos and improve communication skills.