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Access commercialisation playbooks, agreement templates, checklists and implementation guides designed for research teams, spin-outs, innovation consortia and corporate partners.
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Consortium Commercialisation Toolkit
A practical operating toolkit for consortia that need to move beyond dissemination and create credible pathways to market adoption.
Suitable for Horizon Europe projects, Digital Europe initiatives, EIT programmes and other publicly funded innovation consortia.
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The toolkit helps partners:
Identify the project results with the strongest commercial potential · Define ownership, access rights and commercialisation responsibilities · Select realistic customer segments and early adopters · Structure pilots with measurable commercial outcomes · Develop licensing, spin-out and partnership pathways · Align consortium partners around post-project implementation · Track evidence of market demand and commercial readiness
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A curated feed of latest resources, checklists, toolkits and featured downloads from the Knowledge Hub.
Checklist
Licensing Readiness Checklist
A structured checklist for research teams preparing to approach licensees, investors or commercial partners.
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B2B Customer Interview Template
A reusable interview structure for uncovering customer demand, adoption barriers and procurement realities.
Resource Library
Browse practical resources across playbooks, pilot templates, licensing checklists, customer discovery guides and consortium commercialisation tools.
Commercialisation
Commercialisation Readiness Signals
A practical guide to recognising whether a research result or innovation is ready for pilot projects, licensing discussions or whether additional technical, market or commercial evidence should be developed first.
Customer problem evidence; Technical confidence; Market readiness; Commercial engagement; Delivery and scale
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Commercialisation
Pilot Evidence Checklist
A concise checklist for deciding whether a pilot has enough technical, operational and commercial evidence to justify the next step.
Pilot objectives; success criteria; user evidence; technical proof; operational constraints; decision gates; post-pilot commercial next steps
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Commercialisation — Licensing
Licensing Readiness Checklist
A structured checklist for research teams and technology owners preparing to approach potential licensees.
Ownership and freedom to commercialise; Patent and know-how position; Technology maturity; Market evidence; Competitive alternatives; Licensee profile; Commercial terms; Internal decision-making authority
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Commercialisation — Customer Discovery
Customer Discovery Guide
A practical guide for testing whether industry customers genuinely need and will adopt a new technology.
Selecting interview targets; Preparing non-leading questions; Interviewing technical and commercial stakeholders; Distinguishing interest from purchase intent; Capturing evidence; Translating findings into product decisions
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Commercialisation
Consortium Commercialisation Toolkit
A practical toolkit for collaborative research teams translating project outputs into ownership, validation and adoption pathways.
Result ownership; partner roles; commercial asset mapping; validation responsibilities; industry engagement; exploitation planning; post-project adoption roadmap
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Commercialisation Playbooks
From Project Result to Market Offer
A step-by-step framework for converting technical results into a clear, customer-facing offer.
Commercial asset identification; Problem and customer definition; Value proposition development; Route-to-market selection; Pricing assumptions; Commercial evidence; First implementation plan
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Pilot Agreement Templates
Innovation Pilot Agreement Template
A practical starting point for structuring a pilot between a technology provider and an industry customer.
Pilot objectives and scope; Responsibilities of each party; Data access and confidentiality; Intellectual property; Success criteria; Costs and resources; Duration and termination; Post-pilot commercial discussions
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Pilot Agreement Templates
Pilot Success Criteria Worksheet
Define what a successful pilot must demonstrate before implementation begins.
Technical performance; Operational impact; User adoption; Financial value; Integration requirements; Commercial next steps
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Licensing Checklists
Licensing Partner Assessment
Compare potential licensees using commercial, strategic and implementation criteria.
Market access; Technical capability; Strategic alignment; Financial capacity; Implementation commitment; Geographic reach; Reputation and compliance
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Customer Discovery Guides
B2B Customer Interview Template
A reusable interview structure for researchers, founders and commercialisation teams.
Current processes and alternatives; Cost of the problem; Decision-making authority; Procurement requirements; Implementation barriers; Budget and timing; Evidence required for adoption
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Consortium Commercialisation Tools
Commercial Asset Mapping Canvas
Map the commercially relevant outputs of a collaborative innovation project.
Technologies; Software; Data assets; Methodologies; Services; Standards contributions; Intellectual property; Potential commercial owners
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Consortium Commercialisation Tools
Consortium Commercialisation Responsibility Matrix
Clarify which partner is responsible for developing, validating, protecting and commercialising each project result.
Partner responsibilities; Result development; Validation ownership; Protection roles; Commercialisation accountability
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Consortium Commercialisation Tools
Post-Project Commercialisation Plan
Create a concrete plan for the first 12–24 months after public funding ends.
Commercial owner; Target customers; Market entry activities; Required investment; Partnership dependencies; Revenue pathway; Key milestones; Decision deadlines
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Practical
Every resource is designed around a concrete commercialisation decision or activity.
Adaptable
Templates can be adjusted for different technologies, sectors, funding programmes and commercialisation routes.
Evidence-Oriented
The tools prioritise customer evidence, implementation commitments and measurable market progress—not activity reporting alone.
Who These Resources Are For
The Knowledge Hub supports organisations turning research, funded projects and frontier technology into credible adoption pathways.
Horizon Europe and Digital Europe consortia · Research and technology organisations · Universities and technology transfer teams · Deep-tech founders and spin-outs · Corporate innovation and technology scouting teams · Accelerators, incubators and venture-building programmes · Public organisations responsible for innovation deployment
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We welcome practical contributions from experienced commercialisation professionals, researchers, investors, industry experts and technology transfer practitioners.
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Templates used in real commercialisation processes · Case-based implementation guides · Sector-specific pilot frameworks · Licensing and spin-out tools · Lessons from successful and unsuccessful market-entry processes
All contributions are reviewed for practical relevance, clarity and applicability.