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Technology Foundation STW
• Funding agency
• Finance research at universities and some
selected knowledge institutes
• Applied sciences in NL
Cyclox ® -diesel from plantmaterial
Nereda ® -water purification
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Precision spraying
Science  Technology
Universities
STW
Effort
Industry
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Fundamental
Scientific
Research
Technological
Research
Product
Development
Technology Foundation STW
Our goal / mission
Achieving knowledge transfer between academic research
and users in general and industry in particular
How?
• Fund excellent, application-oriented, academic research
• Evaluate evenly on scientific quality and the utilisation plan
• Bring researchers and potential users together from the start
• Guide all projects towards optimal opportunities for the
transfer of knowledge
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Income and Expenditure
Co-financing & IP
8
M€
18
M€
Contribution EZ
OCW
Open
Technologieprogramma
22
M€
10
M€
10
M€
90
M€
Vernieuwingsimpuls
89
M€
31
M€
NWO
Perspectief
50
M€
24
M€
a.o. Partnership &
Valorisation Grant
6
M€
Income
Expenditure
Fiscal year 2012
Overhead
Ecosystem of STW
±500 project leaders
±750 researchers
> 600 companies
in user committees
2500 actual user relations
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STW instruments
• Open Technology Program (20%)
open competition for projects up to k€ 750
• Perspectief program for the Topsectors (35%)
open competition between programs M€ 2 - 4
• Partnership program (17%)
tailored programs, STW M€ 1,5 + industrial partner M€ 1,5
• Valorisation Grant (6%)
start-up subsidy for commercialization of an invention, 3 phases
• Vernieuwingsimpuls (11%)
personal subsidy for scientific career development
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Bringing parties together
Every STW-project is monitored
by a user committee (UC)
In the UC meeting participate:
– applicant(s)
– users (minimum is 4 of which 50%
companies)
– personnel temporarily appointed to the
project
– program officer STW, supported by:
• management assistant
• legal department
• financial department
User committees in action
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Role of the user committee
• platform for interaction between knowledge
(technology) providers and (technology) users.
• Keep focus on the application of the results –
maximise the possibility of knowledge transfer
• Give advice on the technology development, e.g.
pitfalls, ‘hands-on’ know-how.
• Creation of a network that endures beyond the
project period.
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Outcome of STW-projects
– Well educated researchers
– Scientific output / Know how
(publications, theses)
– Idea
– Concept
– Proof-of-principle / Proof-of-concept
– Guidelines - policy
– Prototype
– Pre-series
– Production
– Sales
– Follow up investments
– Patents
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Knowledge transfer
Two strategies depending on the outcome and
sector
1. Protect the knowledge
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To enable technology transfer / to protect the interests of the
companies involved the knowledge developed is strictly
confidential
File a patent / know how agreement
2. “Spread the news”
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Workshop with all stakeholders
Researcher / user presentations
Open source software
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Non-scientific publications
Publicity is
important !!
Volkskrant
13 October 2012
Example:
Adding activated
coal to contaminated
sediments
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Intellectual property policy
Starting points:
• Confidentiality
• Ownership IPR and know-how jointly to STW and university
• Members of the UC will have a preferential position, but are not
automatically entitled to apply the results
• Companies → discuss results internally, but no commercial
activities → consult STW
• A financial or in-kind contribution to the project does NOT imply
the right to use results - however an option agreement is
possible
• User’s exclusivity only in exchange for a substantial
contribution, option agreement required
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Perspectief Programs
From Waste to Resource (W2R)
Recovery of resources from organic
side streams
5 projects
4 M€, including 1 M€ cofinancing
BioGeoCivil
Bio-Based Geo & Civil Engineering
for a Sustainable Society
5 projects
4.8 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing
Perspectief Programs
GSPT
Green and Smart Process Technologies
Development of sustainable alternatives
7 projects
6.4 M€, including 1.7 M€ co-financing
Learning from Nature
Use natural reservoir of plant defense mechanisms
To obtain better crops
7 projects
6 M€, including 1.3 M€ co-financing
Perspectief Programs
SMARTSep
Smart separation technologies
for complex systems
7 projects
4.7 M€, including 1.3 M€ cofinancing
Partnership Programs
Rijk Zwaan BV
Meiosis, managing meiotic recombination
in plant breeding
Solid biomass
(organic waste,
agricultural
residu, etc.)
Industrial WW
Algae(waste)
WWT sludge
(e.g., municipal)
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Fatty Acids
(C2/C3/C4)
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Biopolymers
Alcohols
Biogas
Biomethane
MCFA
(C6/C8)
Electrons
e-products
Etc.
Products / Intermediates
5 projects
3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Rijk Zwaan BV
Paques BV
The VFA Platform
5 projects
3 M€, including 1.5M€ by Paques BV
Other Programs
STW – EZ Protein Innovation Programme
5 projects
3 M€, including 0.3 M€ co-financing
Open Technology Programme
Breeding eels in aquaculture
Ecology and genomics of Lysobacter species:
toward the development of new disease control strategies
Galactofuranose biosynthesis in Aspergillus niger
provides new opportunities for industrial applications
in the field of red and white biotechnology