Results exploitation is one of the most crucial building blocks for digital transformation projects in Europe. Even if the pilots and projects are developed from a technical perspective, without a concrete business model and exploitation plan they cannot reach the market and might fail. In recent years, a couple of supporting initiatives and mechanisms have been established by the European Commission to support the Research projects to boost their results exploitation. The Horizon Results Booster is a service provided free of charge to all Horizon 2020 beneficiary projects, to help with exploitation of European Commission research projects.
In OPEN DEI, one of the main aspects of business support is to help the ecosystem projects for the exploitation of their results and pilots. The current event is organized in collaboration with Horizon Results Booster to provide required information and practical instructions to the projects to facilitate their application and use of the service. At the end of the event, there will be an interactive Q&A session to address the questions and doubts of the projects.
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Register to: www.opendei.eu
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The recent Booster Info Session offered a comprehensive overview of the services available to EU-funded projects, how and why to apply and featured a testimony by an EU-funded project benefitting from the services. For those who attended (and those who couldn’t), here are eight key takeaways we've selected from the event.
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Booster was recently featured in the 2025 edition of the Projects to Policy Seminar, one of the European Commission’s Directorate General HOME’s flagship events, held earlier this month, offering a valuable opportunity for EU-funded projects to learn more about the tailored and free-of-charge support services that Booster offers.
Booster is a collaborative support service designed to mentor EU-funded project researchers grow their project’s impact and real-world application. The process is hands-on and co-creative: Booster experts bring tailored advice and tools, while beneficiaries remain at the centre of the journey.
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Turning research findings into tangible benefits has proven challenging for many EU-funded projects. While Europe is a global leader in generating high-quality research, there’s a well-recognised struggle to translate these findings into market-ready solutions - known as the “European paradox”. Booster’s Go-To-Market support service is designed to address this issue, helping researchers bridge the gap between innovation and impact.