Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems (2026.3) (HORIZON-EIE-2026-03)

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Increased commercialisation of academic research results, by facilitating access for industry, startups and scaleups to the intellectual assets of academic research;
• Strengthened collaboration between industry and academia, reflected in an increased number of technology transfer deals and joint R&D projects resulting in market-ready innovations;
• Introduced more startup friendly intellectual asset transfer/licensing policies in universities/research and higher education institutions/RTOs;
• Increased number of spinoffs by enabling researchers to overcome the barriers to commercialising their intellectual assets;
• Reduced transaction costs related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) negotiations by establishing more standardised asset transfer policies across universities/research and higher education institutions/RTOs;
• Optimised transfer/licensing processes by universities/research and higher education institutions/RTOs based on grouping intellectual assets in portfolios that can be commercialised in package deals that are more attractive for industry and investors.

Funding: lump sum
Model: single-stage
Opening date: 6 June 2026
Deadline: 22 September 2026 (17:00:00 Brussels time)