The general objective of the described actions is to contribute to smart growth in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain. To achieve the above mentioned objectives the proposed grant shall: a) Identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by Horizon2020's SME instrument and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches. This service to beneficiaries of the SME instrument in the context of a giving project is called 'Key account management'. b) Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called 'Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs

The main objective of MEBATFOL project is the engagement and contribution of MeBattery’s team to implement the activities that are part of the EIC Pathfinder portfolio “Mid to long term and system integrated energy storage (MLDES)” work package to reinforce collaboration with the portfolio projects, specifically: • Portfolio management and internal governance • Elaboration of the portfolio action plan, with the details of the techno-scientific collaborations and synergies with other portfolio projects • Portfolio actions to foster innovation • Implementation of portfolio dissemination and exploitation activities • Techno-economic benchmark and comparative assessment Reinforcing collaboration and coordination within the MLDES Pathfinder portfolio is not only pertinent but also mandatory, as it is the main goal of portfolio building. By including a broader range of energy storage technologies, addition of MeBattery project to the MLDES Pathfinder portfolio will contribute to achieve some of its main goals, namely to guarantee the diversification of energy storage technologies, optimise European energy storage and enable demand response strategies and capabilities to host higher penetration of intermittent renewable technologies. Redox flow battery technology is currently underrepresented in the MLDES Pathfinder portfolio, with only 2 projects focused on these promising electrochemical energy storage systems to address the Pathfinder challenge goals. Hence incorporation of the MeBattery project will undoubtedly strengthen research, innovation, dissemination and exploitation collaborative efforts in this EU strategic field

Technologies and data are still underused or sub-optimally allocated to solve the societal challenges of today in Europe and beyond. Moreover, the COVID pandemic and the recent war in Ukraine has revealed that (health, environment, energy,…) chocks in our systems create new technology needs and gaps in our access to necessary technologies in Europe itself. Impact licensing is a strategic instrument to optimize the valorization potential of technologies and data without losing sight of the economic dimension. It is a time-bounded voluntary permission granted by a technology holder to bring at preferred conditions an IP, a technology, a product or a service to a pre-defined market for a specified societal purpose which can be a societal or environmental unmet need or triggered by a crisis. Moreover, the impact licensing mechanism creates for technology holders important incentives for market exploration, reverse (frugal) innovation and access to real world data on technology performance and outcome /impact indicators. This project aims to develop an integrated toolkit (6 instruments and 2 training modules) and a network of intermediaries (=clearing houses) across the EU to introduce impact licensing as an IP instrument (a) for societal value creation with focus on the UN SDG goals, (b) as an instrument for a resilient Europe that guarantees access to technology and data during crisis , (c) as a driver for innovation and research through performance data access and insight for technology improvement and (d) as a smart tool for (emerging) market exploration.

The general objective of the described actions is to contribute to smart growth in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain. To achieve the above mentioned objectives the proposed grant shall: a) Identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by Horizon2020's SME instrument and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches. This service to beneficiaries of the SME instrument in the context of a giving project is called 'Key account management'. b) Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called 'Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs