KER2: Recommendations for a common long-term strategy for AAI services and best practices

AARC Recommendations for a common long-term AAI strategy

What can Funding Agencies, Research Communities and AAI implementers and operators do to allow global connectivity between research infrastructures? Check out the AARC Compendium for concrete recommendations and guidelines 

Select one from the following list:

• Policy Related Results

• Scientific or Technological R&D results (including HW)

• ICT Software Digital Solution

• Services

• Other Intangible Results

• Other

Select up to three from the following list:

• Others/No specific audience

• International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)

• Academia/ Universities

• Public or private funding institutions

• Other Actors who can help us fulfil our market potential

• Private Investors

• EU and Member State Policy-makers

• Research and Technology Organisations

Select up to three from the following list:

• Business partners - SMEs, Entrepreneurs, Large Corporations

• Financing Expertise

• I/we wish to transfer my/our IPR to an interested party

• Business plan development

• Business Angels

• Other types of Investment

• Incubators / Accelerators

• Technology Transfer Expertise

• Investor readiness training

• Expanding to more markets /finding new customers

• Venture Capital

• Marketing Mentoring or Coaching

• Legal/IPR advice

• Investor introductions

• Executive Training

• Crowd-funding Equity

Freeform description of what the result owners are looking for (more specifically than the selection from the list) from the members of the target audiences selected.

EC-funded project that was the main contributor

Optional – won’t be visible in the entry

The partners that contributed to the result.

Partners that will serve as contact points for further exploitation. 

• Yes
• No

Not applicable unless there’s a startup in the works

Title of the success story collection (should at least contain material that is not created by the contributors or owners). You can add several entries to this section (click Add information)

URL

This could be, e.g. homepage or EOSC marketplace entry. As with testimonials, it is possible to add more than one line: homepage + marketplace entry, ideal solution.

URL

A more detailed description of the result, freeform. 

Select up to three from the following list:

• Agriculture and rural development
• Banking and financial services
• Borders and security
• Budget
• Business and industry
• Climate action
• Competition
• Consumers
• Culture and media
• Customs
• Digital economy and society
• Economy, finance and the euro
• Education and training; Employment and social affairs
• Energy; Environment
• EU enlargement
• European neighbourhood policy
• Food safety
• Foreign affairs and security policy
• Fraud prevention
• Home affairs
• Humanitarian aid and civil protection
• Institutional affairs
• International cooperation and development
• Justice and fundamental rights
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Migration and asylum
• Public health
• Regional policy
• Research and innovation
• Single market
• Sport
• Statistics
• Taxation
• Trade
• Transport
• Youth

Recommend that you use keywords to describe the technology, science, sector, content or nature of the result and very importantly, keywords to denote potential uses or applications of your result. Please note that, by default, you will see in your submission form all keywords linked to the main project you had chosen for declaring this result. This is to help you get started. Feel free to remove those keywords irrelevant to this result.

Select up to three from the following list:

• GOAL 1: No Poverty
• GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
• GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
• GOAL 4: Quality Education
• GOAL 5: Gender Equality
• GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
• GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
• GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
• GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
• GOAL 13: Climate Action
• GOAL 14: Life Below Water
• GOAL 15: Life on Land
• GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
• GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
• Not Applicable

(Optional) Is it a Radical Innovation Breakthrough?

• Yes
• No

Has your result had or do you expect it to have a significant influence on policy-making?

• Yes
• No

Title (optional, one or more links to further information)

Open access publications, presentations, etc.

Link

Result Maturity

TRL Level

Current Stage and Next Steps

More details/justification of the maturity.

Do you already have customers for this result?

• Yes
• No

Number of existing customers

• 1-5
• 6-30
• 31-50
• 51-100
• 101-500
• 501-1000
• >1000

What type of customers/ users do you have?

Select all that are applicable:

• Individuals
• SMEs
• Big corporations
• Academia
• R&T organisations
• Public Institutions and Authorities
• Governments
• Commerce
• Manufacturers

Which Business Sectors do your customers mainly come from?

Select all that are applicable:

• Agriculture and rural development
• Banking and financial services
• Borders and security
• Budget
• Business and industry
• Climate action
• Competition
• Consumers
• Culture and media
• Customs
• Digital economy and society
• Economy, finance and the euro
• Education and training; Employment and social affairs
• Energy; Environment
• EU enlargement
• European neighbourhood policy
• Food safety
• Foreign affairs and security policy
• Fraud prevention
• Home affairs
• Humanitarian aid and civil protection
• Institutional affairs
• International cooperation and development
• Justice and fundamental rights
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Migration and asylum
• Public health
• Regional policy
• Research and innovation
• Single market
• Sport
• Statistics
• Taxation
• Trade
• Transport
• Youth

Unique value proposition

The unique selling proposition (USP), also called the unique selling point, or the unique value proposition (UVP) in the business model canvas, is the marketing strategy of informing customers about how one's own brand or product is superior to its competitors (in addition to its other values).

Do you have a scalable business model?

For a business model to be scalable, staffing requirements should grow in a strongly sublinear fashion and/or the revenue per customer (or end-user) should remain relatively stable. Grant-based sustainability is usually not scalable, nor is consulting. Franchising, licensing and platform business models can be.

Is your result replicable?

(Judgement call)

• Yes
• No

Please elaborate on the Replicability

Justification for a claim for replicability.

Is your result and your business model sustainable in the long term?

Please elaborate on Sustainability

Justification to claim the solution is sustainable.

Are you targeting geographical markets?

Geographical market areas, or can also be global

What level of investment (EUR) are you currently looking for?

Levels of funding sought: if a € sum is chosen.