PARTNERSHIP foR INNovATIoN?

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Are you looking for a partner to help make your innovation project a success? The Public Research Centre Henri Tudor is committed to working alongside you, adopting a co-constructive approach based on trust, honesty and dialogue. Discover our five types of collaboration.

Innovating together

WHO WE AREA key player in the field of research and innovation in

Luxembourg, CRP Henri Tudor mobilises its skills in advanced materials technologies, environmental technologies, healthcare

technologies, information and communication technologies, and business organisation and management, in order to respond to market and society needs. Combined with the motivation of more than 450 collaborators, these skills enable the Centre to pursue its objectives: to reinforce the innovation capacity within organisations and companies, to provide scientific and technological support for national policies and to contribute to the international reputation of the Luxembourg scientific community.

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OUR VALUES

Scientificity | OpennessUtility | ResponsibilityCreativity | Expertise

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OUR INNOVATION PROGRAMMESIn order to respond to your needs, we have developed nine innovation programmes.

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To find out more about these programmes, visit www.tudor.lu/innovation-programmes

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU• Improve your products and services

• Analyse, characterise, test and validate your materials

• Guide you in your innovation processes for the development of new products and services

• Improve the environmental performance of your products/services

• Offer you our scientific and technological support through the realisation of contractual applied research projects or doctoral research projects

• Introduce new technologies

• Simulate and model organisation systems

• Conduct economic intelligence and technology watch analyses

• Advise you in intellectual property matters

• Develop training courses and train your collaborators

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WE OFFER

TYPES OF COLLABORATION

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1. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCHThrough collaborative research projects, partners from various fields (SMEs, major corporate groups, research centres, universities, profes-sional associations, groups of companies, administrative bodies, etc.) decide to pool their knowledge and expertise to resolve a mutual pro-blem. The project is realised jointly, with tasks distributed in accordance with the skills of each party and with project management that respects the interests of all those involved.

Main characteristics:• Identification of common interests, joint design and implementation• Joint financial participation and risk-taking• Possible national or European co-financing• Sharing of results and profits • Confidentiality

Benefits of this type of collaboration:

What makes this partnership interesting is the complementarity. It allows us to:

• Address extremely complex problems with regard to scientific re-search and innovation, which a business or research centre could not overcome alone due to limited skills, time constraints, risks or costs;

• Consider different perspectives when addressing a problem and to open new lines of research, ultimately resulting in greater oppor-tunities for success and results that, as a general rule, surpass the individual expectations of each partner;

• Let partners benefit from the knowledge and expertise of others. This is collective enrichment!

• Create synergies between players and thus develop new long-term partnerships.

GOOD TO KNOW• At a national level, activities that fit into this type of research can

benefit from financial assistance from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade within the context of the "R&D Projects or Pro-grammes" aid scheme (RDI law of 5 June 2009), from the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Tourism within the context of the innovation and R&D scheme for the promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) (law of 30 June 2004), as well as from the National Research Fund (FNR) within the framework of its CORE measures and many more.

• At a European level, several programmes support these collabora-tions, such as ERDF (regional competitiveness and employment), certain FP7 programmes (e.g. COOPERATION, PEOPLE, JTI), Life+ (environmental protection), CIP (market placement and economic exploitation of technologies or innovative products), ESA (space technologies), AAL (Ambient Assisted Living), etc.

2. RESEARCH SERVICESThis type of collaboration provides a tailor-made response to a Research, De-velopment and Innovation (RDI) problem specific to a company. It is aimed at both small and medium-sized companies that do not have the resources required to conduct research, as well as large corporate groups that wish to outsource a proportion of their RDI, while retaining ownership of the results.

Main characteristics: • A customised response to the business’s RDI needs• Financial coverage of the project met by the business• Possible national co-financing• The business retains the material rights to the results and profits of the

collaboration• Calculation of the business’s investment using pre-defined commercial

pricing• Confidentiality

Benefits of this type of collaboration:• The company’s problem is approached from an external perspective, thus

providing a greater chance of finding a solution.• The business avoids having to develop specialist internal skills which are

available elsewhere.• The business benefits from a tailor-made solution that enables it to exer-

cise sustainable competitive advantage.

GOOD TO KNOW• The activities that fit into this type of research can benefit from a

subsidy from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade within the context of the "R&D Projects or Programmes" aid scheme (RDI law of 5 June 2009).

• More specifically, further financial assistance is allocated to SMEs by the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Tourism within the context of the innovation and R&D scheme for the promotion of SMEs (law of 30 June 2004).

3. DELIVERY OF INNOVATIVE SERVICES Through this type of collaboration, the Centre makes available the skills and expertise that it has built up over the years, as well as the scientific and tech-nological means, mainly from the laboratory for material characterisation (tests, analyses, measurements, trials) belonging to its Advanced Materials & Structures (AMS) department. These services have a positive impact on inno-vation within a company.

Main characteristics:• Commercial offer established at the beginning of the collaboration• Possible national co-financing• The business retains the material rights to the results and profits of the

collaboration• Calculation of the business’s investment using commercial pricing• Possibility of working per day or per project• Confidentiality

Benefits of this type of collaboration:• The company acquires concrete results within a short period of time.• The company benefits from hands-on advice.

GOOD TO KNOWCompanies can receive several types of financial support:

• Certain technical feasibility studies, which are a prerequisite to R&D projects, can be subsidised through the "Technical Feasibility Studies" aid scheme (RDI law of 5 June 2009).

• The RDI law of 5 June 2009 also co-finances innovation advisory ser-vices and innovation support services within SMEs.

• In the fields of ecotechnology and sustainable development, certain studies may benefit from financial support from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade.

• The Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Tourism assists SMEs in their investments in expertise and advice, primarily with regard to technology watch operations, feasibility studies or through advisory activities regarding environmental protection.

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CRP Henri Tudor and Luxinnovation, the National Agency for Innovation and Research, work in close collaboration in order to be better able to advise and assist businesses. To learn more about the different aid schemes, visit the websites

www.luxinnovation.lu and www.innovation.public.lu

4. NETWORKINGCRP Henri Tudor participates in many European research projects involving scientific research and innovation networks with the aim of benefitting com-panies in Luxembourg.

Main characteristics:• Joint participation in innovation networks • Possible national or European co-financing • Sharing of network results

Benefits of this type of collaboration:• Joint participation with a public research centre in international networ-

king projects represents an introduction to research and innovation for many companies.

• Companies share their experiences and expertise, acquire new knowle-dge, and pool and share their resources.

GOOD TO KNOWCompanies can receive several types of financial support for this activity:

• The "Investment in Innovation Clusters" and "Management of Innovation Clusters" aid schemes from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade (RDI law of 5 June 2009) encourage interaction, the sharing of equipment, the exchange of expertise and knowledge and technology transfer.

• At a European level, networking opportunities exist through the European programmes FP7 and CIP.

• The COST programme also supports the coordination of national research in carefully targeted fields, through the funding of activities.

• As regards the LuxLAUNCH measure, this is aimed at studies on the positioning of companies or research bodies in the aerospace field with satellite telecommunications, satellite navigation and Earth observation as key priorities.

• Finally, the Fit4Europe measure encourages the participation of Luxembourgish companies in European research programmes.

5. WELCOMING RESEARCHERSIn this type of collaboration highly qualified personnel (doctoral students, post-doctoral students, research engineers) are made available to the compa-ny, or alternatively, our Centre hosts company collaborators seeking training.

Main characteristics:• Identification of common interests, joint design and implementation• Joint financial participation and risk-taking• Possible national or European co-financing• Sharing of results and profits

Benefits of this type of collaboration:• The company benefits from the specialist skills of a doctoral student,

post-doctoral student or research engineer in implementing concrete and tailored innovation within the company.

• The company can train its collaborators in a new technology over an extended period of time and within the scientific environment of CRP Henri Tudor.

GOOD TO KNOW• The Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade co-finances SMEs

interested in this type of collaboration through the "Temporary Secondment of Highly Qualified Personnel" aid scheme.

• The ‘Marie Curie Actions’ under the ‘People’ Programme of the 7th European Framework Programme helps companies wanting to develop links with universities.

• Finally, FNR (www.fnr.lu) finances doctoral theses through its research training grants (Aides Formation-Recherche, AFR).

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8 REASONS TO WORK WITH US

1. In tune with your needs

To meet the needs of the market and society we have been developing for 25 years innovations that are directly applicable by our clients/partners.

2. Comprehensive and sustainable solutions

We mobilise our scientific and technological expertise in an interdiscipli-nary manner in order to offer comprehensive and sustainable solutions to our clients/partners over time. Our approach is that, in order to be sustai-nable, an innovation cannot be limited to only technological factors, but must also take organisational and human factors into account.

3. First-class scientific expertise

Thanks to the scientific quality of our work and to continuous investment in developing our partners’ expertise, we have reached a high level of expertise with international standing. This scientific excellence is placed at the disposal of our clients/partners.

4. International gateway

For many companies, the Centre represents a gateway to international scientific expertise, innovation networks and technological platforms, as well as to sources of third-party funding. We are involved in numerous European projects, including as coordinator. This gateway together with our specific knowledge of the Luxembourg market means that we are able to create innovative solutions in line with the problems faced by local businesses.

5. A business geared towards performance

Even though we are a public organisation we are managed like a private company, guided by market needs and geared towards results. Our finan-cial, scientific, and socio-economic performance are periodically assessed within the framework of our performance contract with the Luxembourg government.

6. Client satisfaction

Being geared towards clients, their satisfaction is very important to us. This is why we carry out satisfaction surveys every year with our clients/partners and continuously improve the way in which we work. We have ISO 9001 certification for all of our operations and have ISO 17025 accre-ditation for some analysis and testing operations. Our partners/clients can consequently count on our reliable and rigorous methods in RDI project management.

7. Independence

As a public research actor we are independent of any particular economic or social interests.

8. A solid partnership

We build lasting relationships with our clients/partners rooted in trust, dialogue and openness. To this end, we encourage a co-designed and collaborative approach.

HOW DOES COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRE WORK?

Phase 1 Assessment, together with the partner, of the interest and scope of the project

Phase 2 Joint definition of the terms and content of the partnership and signature of a collaboration contract. In particular, this specifies what each partner will bring to the project, the financing of the project, to whom the results and benefits of the collaboration will belong, confidentiality clauses etc.

Phase 3 Implementation of the project and its various work packages under the coordination of an experienced project manager

Phase 4 Joint evaluation of the project results

Phase 5 Collaboration follow-up over the medium- and long-term

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CONTACTSPartnerships, international relations, account management. Joëlle Welfring | joelle.welfring@tudor.lu

Technology transfer and valorisation. Jean-Pol Michel | jean-pol.michel@tudor.lu

We have a contact person for each key market:

MAnuFACTurIng IndusTry Programme. Dr João A.S. Bomfin | joao.bomfin@tudor.lu

ConsTruCTIon Programme. Fabrice Absil | fabrice.absil@tudor.lu

ECoTEChnology Programme. Dr Alex Cornelissen | alex.cornelissen@tudor.lu

MoBIlITy Programme. Dr Djamel Khadraoui | djamel.khadraoui@tudor.lu

TrAnsPorT & logIsTICs Programme. David Evaristo | david.evaristo@tudor.lu

hEAlTh Programme. Dr Robert Lemor | robert.lemor@tudor.lu

PuBlIC sErvICEs Programme. Pascal Lhoas | pascal.lhoas@tudor.lu

InnoFInAnCE Programme. Dr Anne-Laure Mention | anne-laure.mention@tudor.lu

huMAn CAPITAl Programme. Linda Szelest | linda.szelest@tudor.lu

luxinnovation is also at your disposal for any questions about possible national or European co-financing.

. Marc Ferring | marc.ferring@luxinnovation.lu

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