EBRAINS has endorsed the Charter of Access for Industrial Users to Research and Technology Infrastructures, adopted by the European Commission to speed up and simplify companies' access to Europe's world-class research and technology infrastructures.
The Charter sets out six voluntary principles for infrastructures to help companies—from startups and SMEs to established industry players—more easily access cutting-edge services such as advanced laboratories, large scientific instruments and pilot lines. The goal is to help companies test and validate their products in state-of-the-art environments, bringing innovations to market more quickly and strengthening Europe's competitiveness, in line with the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy.
The Charter's six key principles:
- Increased visibility and availability of services
- Transparency and quality of services
- Simplified contract and agreement procedures
- Safe intellectual property management
- Tailored support to companies
- Cooperation between infrastructures and access to data
By endorsing the Charter, EBRAINS reaffirms its commitment to providing industrial users with clear, transparent and streamlined access to its brain-related research infrastructure, tools and data—helping companies accelerate the development of new products and services in neuroscience and brain-inspired technologies.
EBRAINS joins a growing number of leading European research and innovation organisations that have already committed to the Charter's principles.