RTOs emphasise facilitator role in knowledge valorisation

Association of research and technology organisations calls for guidance and incentives to bolster contribution

Research and technology organisations have emphasised their role in knowledge valorisation—processes to derive socioeconomic benefits from research results—while saying it could be bolstered by fresh guidance.

In a paper it published on 22 March, the European Association of Research Technology Organisations sought to explain how RTOs can act as “intermediaries” in such processes.