RISE joins the TT4I Network to strengthen impact-driven technology transfer
Technologies, innovations, and research results rarely move forward on their own. Facilitating exploitation strategies, providing training, connecting stakeholders, and understanding the needs of policy, industry, and society are all part of creating the conditions in which they can be taken further and used effectively.
Over the years, this has meant working with various initiatives, technologies, and innovation outcomes: some that move towards commercialisation, some that are applied in societal contexts, and others that are still exploring new pathways. The common element is the effort to understand where value can be created and how promising innovations can reach the organisations, communities, and markets where they can make a difference.
RISE has long been involved in initiatives that explore new approaches to knowledge valorisation and technology transfer. Impact Licensing is one such approach, seeking to create pathways that recognise both economic and societal value. One of its key implementation mechanisms is the Tech Transfer Facilities for Impact (TT4I) network, which brings together organisations working to identify, license, and deploy technologies with societal potential. Recognising the strong alignment with its mission and activities, RISE recently signed a collaboration agreement and formally became part of the network.
Within the network, RISE will focus on the screening of technologies, identifying those with potential for deployment in different contexts and helping connect them with suitable partners and pathways for implementation.
This role is closely connected to RISE's work across Widening countries and regions, where promising technologies do not always reach the partners, markets, or deployment opportunities that match their potential. Through the TT4I network, RISE will help identify such opportunities earlier and connect technologies with actors that can support their further development and use. In this way, the network creates new pathways for innovations that might otherwise remain underutilised.
Participation in the TT4I network also reflects a commitment to initiatives designed to continue beyond the lifespan of individual projects. By helping shape the network from an early stage, RISE is contributing to the development of a structure intended to support impact licensing and technology repurposing in the long term.
RISE joins the TT4I Network to strengthen impact-driven technology transfer
Across its work in European research and innovation, RISE is closely involved in how research results are taken forward. This includes developing exploitation strategies, providing training, and connecting actors across projects and ecosystems. At the same time, the work goes beyond individual projects — it involves understanding policy directions, listening to societal needs, and identifying where research results can respond to real-world challenges.
Over the years, this has meant working with a wide range of initiatives and outcomes: some that move towards commercialisation, some that are applied in societal contexts, and others that are still exploring additional valorisation pathways. The common element is the effort to create conditions in which these can be used effectively.
To build on this work, RISE has joined the Tech Transfer Facilities for Impact (TT4I) network, which serves as the operational layer of the Impact Licensing Initiative (ILI). The network connects technology identification, licensing, and deployment, enabling technologies to be transferred into societal markets with clear conditions for their use and impact.
As a member of the network, RISE will contribute to the screening of technologies, identifying those with potential for deployment in different contexts. This builds on its experience in assessing technologies and research outputs and supporting their progression towards practical use, including connecting technologies with suitable partners and identifying pathways for implementation.
As part of its role within the network, RISE contributes to strengthening connections across innovation ecosystems, including in Widening countries and regions, where challenges related to commercialisation, access to funding, and the exploitation of research results remain significant. The TT4I network creates opportunities to better connect these environments with broader innovation networks, enabling technologies with potential to be identified and taken forward more effectively.
Engagement in the TT4I network extends RISE’s work in knowledge valorisation and exploitation, by providing a focused setting for its application. It reflects an approach to research and innovation where involvement goes beyond individual project boundaries and extends to initiatives that continue beyond the project lifecycle. Participation in the TT4I network is part of this commitment, contributing to the development of a structure that is intended to operate beyond the duration of the project itself.
Initial activities within the TT4I network are already planned, with the first technologies to be screened in the coming months in close collaboration with ILI experts. This marks the beginning of a new phase of work, bringing the approach into practice.