A pilot service offered by NearUS, the Horizon 2020 initiative supporting the creation of ENRICH - European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs – in the USA.

Call opened: October 5, 2017 | Call closes: November 12^th, 2017 – 23h59 CET

NearUS is launching its first West Coast Innovation Tour as vehicle for commercialising promising EU research and technologies. Join us to discover the Silicon Valley and its surroundings next January 15-19, 2018.

This service gives you the opportunity to:

• Understand the local US ecosystem (West Coast focus) that supports Innovation;
• Have live feedbacks on your project/prototype/business plan;
• Explore opportunities of funding in the US;
• Meet potential partners;
• Understand & better leverage NearUS support.

The tour will introduce 10 selected participants to accelerators, renowned US university research gems, and successful US and EU scale-ups and unicorns located in San Francisco Bay, Sacramento and the Silicon Valley. Participants will receive guidance on visa/immigration/IP/pitch support and will be introduced to potential partners including corporations and potential investors.

Additionally, state and city officials as well as the NearUS West Coast Hub (San Francisco Centre and associated partners) will be visited that can provide EU participants with soft-landing solutions and future guidance on local business trends practices and programs.

Target Group of this Call

• Individual EU Research actors who are highly interested in exploring the US market as a middle to long term vehicle for commercialising promising EU research;
• Early stage start-up founders spun out of universities or research labs       or licensing related technologies;
• Researchers looking for market opportunities and funding for their R&D project;
• Representatives of a research organization looking for market opportunities for a specific portfolio of R&D projects;
• Representatives of research ecosystems looking for market opportunities for a specific portfolio of R&D projects; including cluster managers, research lab managers, tech transfer office managers, etc.

Please find more information on the call, eligibility criteria, evaluation procedure and other call related details, here.

Contact Person

Sebastien Torre

Tel: +1 619 377 8091, Ref. NearUS initative

E-Mail: storre [at] eaecouncil.com