Centre for innovation and technology transfer (CITT Project)

Project Coordinator: Aleš Hála
Project Title: Centre for innovation and technology transfer (CITT)
Operational Programme: Research and Development for Innovations (OP VaVpI)
Provider: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
Support Area: 3.1
Project Registry Number: CZ.1.05/3.1.00/10.0210
Project Period: 1/6/2012 - 31/5/2015
Total Grant: 50 910 800 CZK
From EC (85%): 43 274 180 CZK
State Budget of CR (15%): 7 636 620 CZK

Annotation:

Project goal is to established Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CITT) for synergic research projects ELI and HiLASE. The CITT will form a basis for application of their R&D results in practice. The CITT as an executive unit of the Institute of Physics AS CR will comprehensively and systematically address the process of transfer of technical solutions, knowledge and experience in theoretical and applied research to practical use.

Implementation of the CITT project is based on actual need to strengthen the professional potential of commercialization of R&D results generated in fields related to the latest generation of laser technology applications of (e.g. in the field of new materials and new processing methods, molecular biology, femtochemistry, nanotechnology, medicine, proton therapy of malignant tumors, diagnostic techniques, etc.).

CITT project will specifically include the following key activities, hence outputs:

• creating of high-quality internal team of experts for the implementation of activities of CITT
• establishment of institutional base of CITT as an executive unit within the Institute of Physics AS CR
• developing a system to ensure fast and efficient technology transfer process
• provision of services to support commercialization of R&D results towards the target groups of the project
• continuous professional development of target groups in the field of technology transfer, intellectual property rights protection, commercialization of R&D results and innovation services

Detailed information about the CITT project is on the project website http://www.citt.cz