Eurofleets+ D7.2 - Exploitation and Innovation Guidelines for User Groups

Innovation is a key-concept of EUROFLEETS+. Therefore, Innovation management has been assigned a dedicated work package to ensure a high level of industrial collaboration in the project, sound innovation management practices, and appropriate identification and management of exploitable results to increase the impact of Eurofleets+. The partners involved in this work package forms the "Innovation Committee". This Committee pays a special attention to the innovation perspectives of the projects submitted for transnational access grants and will help in managing the innovation that will possibly emerge from the outcomes of funded projects. The present document introduces some basic concepts and tools for the valorisation of the R&D outcomes of the Eurofleets+-funded cruises. As so many situations and so many different exploitable results are possible, it is impossible to be exhaustive nor very detailed. Therefore, it is recommended that PIs establish as soon as possible a dialog with the Innovation Committee to ensure that the most adequate steps for valorising the innovative results of their research are taken.