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On 22 November, the revamped and renamed Booster was officially launched at an exciting and fact-filled online event, hosted by the European Commission.

The event offers a glance at the valorisation ecosystem and examines the myriad of free-of-charge support services available for dissemination and exploitation activities.

One of the main challenges faced by the R&D community is converting their findings into valuable outcomes. Booster takes on this challenge by offering expert and personalised support to increase the added value of Research & Innovation (R&I) projects and bring them out into the world.

We are thrilled to announce that Horizon Results Booster (HRB) will take part in the upcoming Energy Fair of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in Brussels from June 11 to 13.

Horizon Results Booster has appeared in The Grant podcast. We talked about how we are helping researchers all around Europe to boost the impact of their research results.

HRB achieved a new milestone by delivering more than 800 services since its start in 2020.

Many projects developing different results, with no limits regarding result types, field of expertise or level of TRL are benefitting from HRB support.

The EC initiative to boost the exploitation of research results delivered 700 services

Join the Horizon Results Booster live event on the 24th of May 2023.

Horizon Results Booster, the European Commission's initiative to boost the impact of research, has already delivered over 600 support services to EU-funded projects.

Interested in animal and human welfare? Join the projects cluster ArMoR for a hybrid event to discuss how we can reduce antimicrobial use in livestock.

The Booster helps EU research initiatives grow and achieve societal impact

Interested in Responsible Research and Innovation? Don't miss the RRI&NGAGE cluster's conference in the context of OpenSciComm 2022!

Save the date! Join us for a live Horizon Results Booster info session on the 17th November 2022.

The European Patent Office has open the application process for the next round of European Inventor Awards.

Since its launch in 2020, Horizon Results Booster has grown rapidly, helping more users maximise the impact of their research results

Appropriate exploitation leads to impact and the #HRB initiative is supporting SECURITY projects to strengthen their capacity in using research results.

25 May 2022 - The event will focus on steering research towards a strong societal impact. You will hear from our experts so you can get a complete vision of how HRB works.

This roundtable is devoted to the topic ‘From innovation to business and market uptake’. It gathers individuals with different types of perspectives and experiences on the matter, leveraging on exploitable results and impact from HEU actions (and prior EU frameworks) and their path towards viable business and market uptake.

18th May (15:00-17:03 CET) GeoSense is a cluster of four EU-funded projects, TURNkey, CRISIS, METIS and REDACt, which aim to mitigate the impact of earthquakes on society, industries, and infrastructures by improving the prevention and response capacity to those events.

7th April (9:30-12:00 CET) The CHaNce Cluster for Health & Nutrition solutions aims to support consumers, children, nutritionists, health professionals and companies operating in the health sector to successfully achieve this objective.

6th April 2022 (10.00 – 12.00 CET) - Presenter: Lars Münter - Danish Council for Better Hygiene The DISH Cluster aims to guide and support consumers towards a healthy and safe diet by improving their nutritional habits and food safety.

March 30 - 10h00 to 12h00 CEST

Training and Interactive session - 6 April 2022 (12.00-13.00 CET)

Developing a business plan, exploiting a research result, preparing beneficiaries to launch their project to market… Horizon Results Booster helps recipients of EU funding with all of these activities, and so far has delivered 300 services overall

Turning Europe's research results into innovations which generate value for economy, society and contribute to a sustainable future

EU-funded projects like COPKIT are supporting law enforcement agencies by developing technologies designed to take down cybercrime.

Geothermal energy is a potential powerhouse for future decarbonisation of energy. Although in countries like Iceland and the Nordic Regions, it’s a well-established renewable source of energy, many other countries are yet to view it as an option yet, preferring wind and solar.

1st of December 2021 - 9:00 to 10:30

When you are managing or delivering dissemination activities for a Research and development project, life can be tough.

Learn how complementary research projects in the H2020 and Horizon Europe era can collaborate and carry out joint dissemination activities together!

24 November 2021 | 11:00 CET | Online and On-Demand

Only 30% of India’s population has access to treated drinking water, and more than 37 million Indians per year suffer from water-borne diseases.

Online Event Tuesday 19 October from 2 to 3.30 PM (CET)

Join us for #HorizonResultsBooster Info Day! Want to know more about the Horizon Results Booster? Then join our #HRBInfoDay on 5 October at 10:00, online!

Date & Time: Tuesday, 28 September 2021 - 15:00­–16:30 CEST

WEBINAR Date: 12 October 2021 10:00 CEST Duration: 1 hour

Date & Time: Wednesday 29 September 2021- 10:00­–12:00 CEST

One year into the Horizon Results Booster, how are we doing? We’ve delivered 170 services to date, helping EU projects to achieve their dissemination and exploitation objectives.

The Horizon Results Booster consortium led by META Group and Ecorys is currently working on a study aiming to inform the future development of the European Knowledge Valorisation policy through a mapping of initiatives, policies and programmes in EU Member States and Associated countries.

Are you planning to apply for a Horizon Europe call? There are some changes in the Dissemination and Exploitation (D&E) section!

It’s a big thumbs-up for Horizon Results Booster from the Horizon 2020 CLEANKER project

Intellectual Property advice and support for European Universities and Public Research Organisations

Researcher-turned-entrepreneur Emanuele Guglielmino was the recipient of an SME Instrument Phase II grant to get his innovative company, Advanced Microturbines, up and running.

A study carried out by the European Patent Office has revealed that patents are the most popular route used by European universities and public research organisations to exploit their research results

The Marketplace of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities will from 1st October onwards be called the Smart Cities Marketplace.

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By using the BOSS tools and the learning materials, you can self asses your readiness to exploit R&D results and be better prepared for the journey from knowledge to market.

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