Network between world-leading Cluster of large-scale Research Infrastructure of Photon and Neutron Sources and Users fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region

General Information

Given the undeniable fact of an uneven distribution of major research infrastructure (RI) in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), which is clearly visible in the location of large-scale RI only in its western parts, it is also obvious that merely a small number of users of these facilities stem from countries from the eastern part of the Baltic Sea Region. Even smaller is the number of commercial users from SMEs or industry regardless of their nationality. There is a clear need to overcome these barriers in order to accelerate the process of innovation by enabling more commercial users – especially from countries in the BSR which do not host large-scale RIs – to benefit from world class research infrastructures to develop new products or services for the knowledge society of tomorrow.
Among the greatest deficits – aside from the common overbooking of a particular instrument at a specific RI – is the general lack of information on offered services and opportunities which would be of potentially great value for SME/industrial users and a lack of adequate service/support for non-scientific users. SCIENCE LINK will address these challenges by establishing a network of contact and consultation points in the Baltic Sea Region designed to provide convenient information on opportunities offered by existing and currently planned or implemented large-scale research infrastructures in the BSR. It will offer valuable advice and support in finding appropriate instruments and services tailored for the specific needs of non-scientific commercial users from SMEs.
The planned activities will have a strong impact on the commercial sector especially in the eastern European countries of the BSR by increasing the number of RI users from this region; it will clearly affect the innovation system of these countries as it will be an excellent chance to transform results of intensive research into brand new applications and services.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	INTERREG IVB Baltic Sea Program
Project Type	INTERREG project
Contract Number	4030
Co-ordinator	DESY (DE)

Total Eligible Costs (€)	Hereon Eligible Costs (€)	EC Funding for Hereon (€)
3.618.933	337.958	253.468

Contact Person at Hereon

Prof. Martin Müller, WP, Institute for Materials Research, Phone: +49 4152 87 1268, (initial contact: Prof. Andreas Schreyer, Institute for Materials Research) E-mail contact

Participants

Agency for Science, Innovation of Technology (LT), Center for Physical Science and Technology (LT), DESY Stifung Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DE), Foundation of Innovative Initiatives (PL), Fund of inventor's support "Prinemanskaya Bratchina" (BY), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (DE), Innovation association "Academtechnopatk" (Republican Centre for Technology Transfer) (BY), Institute of Physics, PAS, Warzawa (PL), Invest in Skåne (SE), Kainuun Etu Oy (FI), Latvijas Universitate (LV), Lunds Universitet (SE), Riga City Council, City Development Department (LV), State Regional Development Agency (LV), Tartu Science Park Foundation, Tartu Taeduspark (EE), Technical University of Denmark (DK), University of Tartu (EE), University of Turku (FI)

Last Update: 27. February 2023