Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
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Stanisław Staszic Center for Technology Transfer<br />
at the Krakow University of Science and Technology<br />
address:<br />
al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, pavilion H-A2, III floor<br />
tel./fax: +48 (12) 617 32 85/+48 (12) 423 35 62<br />
e-mail/website:<br />
ctt@agh.edu.pl/www.ctt.agh.edu.pl<br />
created: 2007<br />
area: 323.4 m 2<br />
chief executive:<br />
Tomasz Pyrć<br />
contact:<br />
Tomasz Pyrć, tel. +48 (12) 617 32 85, e-mail: tomasz.pyrc@agh.edu.pl<br />
Image: Agnieszka Tazbir<br />
By fulfill<strong>in</strong>g its mission, the Center <strong>in</strong>creases awareness of mutual<br />
needs and opportunities and builds trust between academics<br />
and entrepreneurs. In 2010 alone, the Center managed to submit<br />
120 domestic patent applications and 10 <strong>in</strong>ternational ones. It also<br />
participated <strong>in</strong> establish<strong>in</strong>g two sp<strong>in</strong>-off companies and assisted<br />
<strong>in</strong> grant<strong>in</strong>g 25 bus<strong>in</strong>ess licenses.<br />
The Center creates mechanisms for facilitat<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>tensify<strong>in</strong>g the transfer of <strong>in</strong>novative<br />
technologies from the University to entrepreneurs and other external <strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />
Its areas of activity <strong>in</strong>clude protection of <strong>in</strong>tellectual property, technology transfer<br />
and cooperation with entrepreneurs, as well as work<strong>in</strong>g with support structures for<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses and self-govern<strong>in</strong>g organizations. The unit’s portfolio is targeted at all<br />
entrepreneurs who wish to use state-of-the-art technologies and knowledge <strong>in</strong> their<br />
activities, by provid<strong>in</strong>g them with access to modern solutions and support <strong>in</strong> cooperation<br />
with the University environment.<br />
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