3. JOINING AS A PARTNER
When relevant, EATRIS can participate in research funding proposals as a full partner providing various centralised services with member institutions involved as linked third parties if necessary. EATRIS central coordination office based in Amsterdam can provide the following services:
3A) Innovation Management & industry partnering
Activities can include:
– Design of the exploitation plan of the project;
– Definition and implementation of a monitoring plan to capture intellectual property protection needs;
– Identification of industry partnering opportunities for co-development and/or out-licensing;
– Follow-up financing opportunities.
Example: RECOGNISED project
3B) Regulatory support
EATRIS will leverage expertise from EATRIS affiliated institutions and perform dedicated tasks or work packages providing regulatory support by:
– Assessing the project’s regulatory strategy and feasibility;
– Interacting with the relevant regulatory authorities;
– Answering any regulatory question arising during the project’s lifetime;
– Ensuring the project fulfills all regulatory requirements.
Example: TRANSVAC-2 project
3C) Translational optimisation
Activities can include:
– Monitoring of the project to deliver a timely evaluation of the translational potential of the results generated during the project;
– Full translational assessment to define follow-up validation route;
– Early HTA support.
3D) Training
EATRIS offers a wide range of training, including:
– How to assess the translational potential of your project
– How to develop a collaboration with industry
– An introduction to translational medicine (this is particularly relevant for PhD students and postdocs).
– EATRIS also offers open access to an e-learning environment dedicated to translational research: TransMed Academy.
For more information, view and download our “Strengthening your funding proposal with innovation and training” leaflet here.
