Are you ready for a European research project?

The big world of European Research: Each year, the European Commission supports thousands of research projects with several billion euros. This represents a huge funding opportunity almost everybody is interested in. But it is, especially for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), not easy to get such funds. A lot of companies are not sure if they are really ready and if they are sufficiently experienced to cooperate in European research projects with excellent researchers.

Because it is clear: Without any experiences it will be difficult to benefit from a project. So, what are the requirements? How does a company have to be, to fit in such collaborations?

The European research project KAPPA-Health has addressed exactly these questions and is now offering simple and fast support: Just use the new online “Predictive Tool”. Answer a few questions about your company and your qualification to collaborate within projects will immediately be analysed. The results comment on how well you are already prepared for a project and indicate the areas in which you might have accumulated needs. The results will be divided in the areas strategy, partnership, commitment, experience and resources. Are you ready for a European research project? Test yourself right now: http://www.kappa-health.org/predictive-tool/

The online tool is just one of the results of KAPPA-Health. The project partners have spent their time during the last three years on the question: What are the key performance factors of successful SME participation in research projects? KAPPA-Health has now finished and the project results have been published. In the booklet “The Voice of Biomedical SMEs – Performance Factors in moving from research to market” the most important results are presented. Take a look and make use of insider information. From researchers for researchers. http://www.kappa-health.org/media/docs/KAPPA-Health%20booklet.pdf