Project no.: 101288273
The WINGS project addresses the persistent innovation gap between WIDENING countries and the EU average by strengthening the capacity of Knowledge/Technology Transfer Offices (KTOs/TTOs) and fostering knowledge valorisation (KV) across research-performing organisations (RPOs). By combining KT capacity building, service innovation, curriculum development, and policy reform, WINGS will enable WIDENING RPOs to professionalise their KTOs, foster stronger stakeholder engagement, strengthen their ecosystems, cascade learning and mainstream KT education.
Project funding:
EU Research and Innovation Funding Programme “Horizon Europe”
Project results:
WINGS tackles these barriers through four interlinked work packages. First, it will build capacity in KTOs by assessing needs, recruiting mentors and coaches, and delivering two capacity-building cohorts to strengthen skills in detecting market and societal opportunities. Second, it will identify and pilot transferable core KT services, supported by service champions, peer-to-peer learning and good practice examples with transfer paths. Third, it will develop and roll out a KT curriculum for students and researchers, aligned with EU skills and competencies frameworks, delivered through train-the-trainer programmes and piloted across WIDENING RPOs. Finally, WINGS will promote the practical adoption of modern KPI systems that incentivise knowledge valorisation for both economic and societal impact.
Period of project implementation: 2026-10-01 - 2029-09-30
Project coordinator: Meta Group Srl
Project partners: Association of European Science&Technology Transfer Professionals, Fundacja Pactt, Center for Social Innovation (ZSI), Applied Research and Communications Fund, Associaeco Ccg/Zgdv - Centro De Computaeco Grifica, Odessa National Economic University, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Kaunas University of Technology, Unico. Analytics S.R.O.
