Our Services

Innovation

The development of innovative products, processes or technologies strengthens your competitiveness.

Technological innovation requires:

• state of the art monitoring
• project planning and implementation
• technology transfer
• expert know how
• financial investment

tp21 supports companies in all these technology transfer activities, the supervision of feasibility studies, and the identification of experts from industry and academia.

Management of EU-projects

The successful management of interdisciplinary projects requires

• sufficient insight in the scientific and technological aspects of projects
• excellent communication skills
• outstanding organizing abilities
• comprehensive knowledge management

tp21 offers

• support in project concept development
• collection of all required administrative and financial data, EPSS maintenance
• eleboration of several application chapters, coaching and support of the whole application process
• assistance during the negotiation phase, compilation of all required documents
• day-to-day management during the project implementation
• knowledge management and dissemination activities
• setup and running of public project websites and restricted knowledge platforms
• an integrated project management software tool which supports the project implementation including project reporting towards the EU Commission in compliance with the FP7 rules, templates and guidelines
• organization of events and meetings
• management of all reportings

Management by tp21 allows researchers and clinicians to concentrate on their core interest and business and to benefit from tp21's longstanding experience as EU-project applicant, manager, evaluator and PTA.

For references see our project page.

Expertise

An evaluation by external experts supports decisions of

• venture capital societies in the framework of a due diligence to judge technical an innovative aspects as well as the marketability of a venture
• companies and start-ups during the assessment of their innovative business concepts, and product ideas

tp21 gives expert opinions on issues pertaining different scientific and technological areas such as mechanical engineering, medicine, biotechnology and industrial design.