Innovation and innovator assessment in R&I ecosystems. The case of the EU Framework Programme

The EU Framework Programme (FP) has evolved from supporting pre-competitive research to cover the entire innovation value chain and became the world's largest research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem. It facilitates the creation of R&I networks among organizations from around the world. To oversee and manage the innovation activities of complex collaborative R&I projects, new data, indicators and tools were needed. We present the Innovation Radar (IR), an initiative of the European Commission to identify and manage innovations and innovators in the FP R&I ecosystem. The IR is used as an intelligence platform providing insights on innovation activities in large collaborative R&I projects. The internal IR tools allow policy officers to monitor R&I projects and provide custom support to facilitate the commercialisation of their results. External actors use the public IR data platform to seek for collaborative partners or for investment opportunities.

NEPELSKI Daniel;  VAN ROY Vincent; 

2021-05-20

SPRINGER

JRC121067

0892-9912 (online),   

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-020-09814-5,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121067,   

10.1007/s10961-020-09814-5 (online),