CLIENT DEVELOPMENT
The Client Development Unit prioritizes positioning companies, entrepreneurs, researchers, and organizations as strategic drivers of ANI’s activities, fostering more innovation, collaboration, and capacity building across these entities.
This unit engages in various strategic initiatives within the innovation ecosystem, including companies, Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs), Technology and Innovation Centers (CTIs), Higher Education Institutions, municipalities, and associations.
The construction of a collaborative environment, in close alignment with other public entities (directly or indirectly), is based on the continuous promotion of Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) and the valorization of knowledge, contributing to the creation of a culture of innovation in Portugal.
HIGHLIGHTS
Explore the latest initiatives, competitions, news, and events coordinated by the Client Development Unit, as part of ANI’s national innovation promotion strategy.
BIG SCIENCE PORTUGAL
ANI acts as the Industrial Liaison Officer (ILO) for international scientific organizations such as CERN, ITER, and ESRF. These organizations represent “Big Science” projects that involve high levels of ambition and technological challenges, requiring large-scale investments and coordination among vast teams of scientists and engineers.
“Big Science” refers to scientific projects with high levels of ambition and technological challenge, requiring the coordination of large teams of scientists and engineers, as well as significant investments.
BORN FROM KNOWLEDGE – BFK
Born from Knowledge (BfK) is a competition promoted by the National Innovation Agency, S.A. (ANI), aimed at fostering a culture of valuing scientific and technological knowledge in Portugal.
All ideas have the opportunity to benefit from an immersion program and represent their institution in a national competition.
The competition rewards business ideas from students and researchers from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), which result from R&D activities or the scientific and/or technological knowledge of their promoters.
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK – TTO
Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) are responsible for technology transfer and commercialization activities. TTOs play a central role in leveraging the knowledge produced in various research centers and laboratories of national Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
Technology Transfer Capacity Building.
TTOs play a crucial role in the commercialization of public research. They act as intermediaries between academia and industry, facilitating the transfer of knowledge for societal benefit.
ANI promotes a set of intensive capacity-building and mentoring actions by experts to support TTO members in assessing the commercial potential of intellectual property (IP) assets and in the process of creating an Intellectual Property portfolio
REPORTS & DOCUMENTS
Knowledge Transfer and Valorization Network (TTO)
CONTACTS
Find out how to receive all the necessary support and specialized clarification. ANI has a team of Coordinators always available to assist you.
Diogo Araújo
Client Development
Coordinator