The PTTI project – National Technology Transfer Initiative in Portugal - gathers Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), the Space Office of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and the European Spatial Agency (ESA) for a collaboration with the general goal of strengthening the competitiveness of the Portuguese space industry by supporting and facilitating the transfer of space technologies to non-space markets.

1. PTTI
Portuguese Technology Transfer Initiative
Carlos Cerqueira, PTTI’s Director
Workshop de preparação da Ministerial da ESA de 2012
Lisbon, 09.10.12

2. Space Non-space
technologies markets

3. PTTI’s Goal
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4. Strenghtening the Portuguese
space industry competitiveness’ by
supporting and facilitating the
transfer of space technologies to
non-space markets

5. Partners
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6. National Technology Transfer Network Initiative in Portugal

7. Instituto Pedro Nunes
Created in 1991 by the
University of Coimbra
Promotes innovation and
technology transfer between
academia and business.

8. Instituto Pedro Nunes
R&TD INCUBATION
TRAINING

9. 15 YEARS OF INCUBATION (1996-2012)
Total Firms > 180
Spin-offs U. Coimbra > 65%
Survival Rate > 80%
Turnover (2011) > 75 M €
Export > 35%
Direct Employment Qualification > 1700

10. PTTI’s
Main Axis
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11. Open Calls
and
Technology Transfer

12. Open Calls
Feasibility Studies (FS)
Report on the technical and commercial
application of a space technology in a non-
space market

13. Open Calls
Demonstrators (Dem)
Testing the technological feasibility of using
a certain space technology in a specific non-
space market

14. Open Calls
2 separate calls
for FS and Dem

15. Open Calls
Budget and grant
50% of the costs
Max 30k grant per project
60k Project receives 30k

16. Open Calls
Budget and grant
Total Budget for FS and DEM: 224.983 €
6 FS / Dem

17. Open Calls
Who can apply?
Entities of the 2011 FCT Space Catalogue
Entities developing space technologies
Entities developing non-space applications
based on ESA’s space technology and on
ESA’s data collection

18. Open Calls
Eligible Costs
Personnel, subcontracting, equipment,
access to data, travelling, indirect costs

19. Open Calls
6 Month projects

20. How to apply?
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21. http://ptti.ipn.pt/

25. Calls’ Calendar
Calls
Publication Evaluation 2
Oct, 2012 Mar, 2013
Evaluation 1 Evaluation 3
Dec, 2012 June, 2013

26. Evaluation Criteria
1. The current development status of the space
technology and the applicant competencies
2. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) status
3. The novelty technology/competencies and
competitive advantage against comparable IPR

27. Evaluation Criteria
4. Non-space market(s) attractiveness
5. The potential benefits of the novelty technology
/ competencies for the non-space market(s)

28. Evaluation Criteria
6. The capacity of the applicant entity and staff
7. The project cost effectiveness
8. The overall feasibility of the project

29. Open Calls
and
Technology Transfer

30. Technology Transfer
Mapping new
transferable space
technologies, screening
the market needs to
match supply/demand
and to mediate potential
business contacts

31. Do call us!
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32. Thank you!
Instituto Pedro Nunes
Rua Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Tel. + 351 239 700 300 – Fax. + 351 239 700 301
PTTI’s Coordinator Open Calls Manager TT Manager IPR / Legal Advisor
URL: www.ipn.pt / www.ptti.ipn.pt
E-mail: ptti@ipn.pt
Invention
& Innovation