Grant and Innovation Office Coordinator: Giorgio Carpino
Grant and Innovation Office Staff: Giosuè Zurzolo, Ornella Papaluca, Alberto Corona, Valerio Mattera, Valeria Mancusi
The SZN Grant and Innovation Office (GIO) offers support to SZN members on looking for funding opportunities, developing their ideas and expoiting the results of their research.
We will help you to take the next step, either for research or for the market.
Do you need support to delevop your ideas? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book an appointment
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| New opportunities | · | Funding your research | · | Developing your ideas | · | Expanding your network |
Strategic advice for your research – funding your research
GIO staff aims at maximising the capacity of SZN researchers to obtain external funding for their research. We provide you with support for:
- Scouting for international and national calls, opportunities, training programmes
- Identifying the most promising funding schemes for your research idea and career stage
- Maintenance of statistics on research funding at the SZN
- Publicizing opportunities and research related events to the SZN research community
Project Management – funding your research
Based on previous experience of management of large national and international projects, we can help you with:
- Understanding the regulations of the funding agencies
- Developing and establishing research networks
- Preparing the proposal (in terms of budget planning, project management preparation, workplan and impact)
- Managing the application process, by clarifying inquiries, reading, giving feedback and commenting on applications
- Definition of a Project Management and a Dissemination and Exploitation plan of the project
- Negotiation of terms and conditions for a successful proposal
- Implementation of an efficient project management in all administrative, legal, and financial matters
- Submission of progress reports and financial statements to the funding agency
Patenting, licensing, property right and Innovation advice – develop your ideas
Our innovation advisors have a good knowledge of promotion, commercialization, product development, business development, technology transfer and intellectual property rights. We support you in developing your ideas through the evaluation process towards a possible patent. This means, for example, that we:
- Help you to design, present and formulate your ideas
- Identify potential patents from SZN research results
- Submit to the internal evaluation Commission the potential patenting ideas
- Manage the relationship with SZN administrative offices and external consultants
- Define an Exploitation plan
- Promote and manage the relationship with stakeholders
- Prepare and sign of patents-related contracts
- Manage the patents portfolio of the SZN
- Maintain statistics on research services and patents by the SZN
SZN has an Industrial Property Regulation implementing the changes introduced by Law No. 102 of July 24, 2023 "Amendments to the Industrial Property Code, referred to in Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005" available at the following link: REGULATION
The list of documents on the topics of Protection and Exploitation of Research Results and the templates to be filled out to file a new patent application is in the following:
01. Patent filing request form
02. Disclosure of invention
03. Non Disclosure Agreement - NDA
04. Material and Data Transfer Agreement - MTDA
05. Agreement of joint ownership of Patent
All mentioned documents are available, in Italian and English version, at the following link: FORMS
External contracts - expand your network
Research activities can be conducted in the framework of external contracts with public and private institutes. These contracts can be institutional and involve different entities and structures of SZN. Alternatively, they can be referred to specific research activities. These contracts are not confined to research agreements, but can also cover such things as the exchange of confidential information, datasets, research tools or materials and terms and conditions for research projects.
GIO staff, depending on the case, will support several activities, for example:
- Preparing the administrative documents
- Developing and establishing of the partnership participating to the activities (in case of institutional contracts) and its coordination
- Defining the budget
- Defining the contracts
Training and networking events
- Organizing and conducting workshops on scouting, proposal preparation, patenting and develop new business (spin-off)
- Organizing and conducting workshops on specific funding opportunities
- Contact point with APRE and other Agencies
Contact: gio(at)szn.it
You can download the PDF presentation about us here
Grand and Innovation Office Contacts
Giorgio Carpino: giorgio.carpino(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833231
Giosuè Zurzolo: giosue.zurzolo(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833341
Ornella Papaluca: ornella.papaluca(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833366
Alberto Corona: alberto.corona(at)szn.it
Valerio Mattera: valerio.mattera(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833 367
Valeria Mancusi: valeria.mancusi(at)szn.it, +39 388 800 46 08
