Benefits

SMART Web Portal, thanks to the use of the innovative approach of metacluster matching concept, offers a virtual meeting point for all the organizations operating in the Surface Transport Sector.

SMART in fact by identifying the market needs and the organisations’ skills and competences facilitates the matching of research and innovation demand and offer.

Regional Cluster, Large organizations, SMEs, Public and Private research centers are some of the members involved in the SMART Community benefitting of its network and services.

Take a look at the specific benefits your organization will get from being part of SMART!

If you are:

 

If you are a Large Enterprise

  • Access to pre-qualified and selected SMEs, an easy and effective way of finding potential useful SME partners for R&D and innovation projects
  • Possibility to be aware of, and involved in highly innovative R&D projects led by SMEs
  • Support innovation process of SMEs to achieve Corporate Social Responsibility objectives
  • Participate in Two International Workshops where it is possible to show project results and create new synergies

If you are a Small and Medium Enterprise

  • Training activities on interesting FP7 programmes for research actions in the field of Surface Transport.
  • Free evaluation of RTD project ideas
  • Support to set-up RTD own projects and participation in projects led by large organisations.
  • Wide visibility through the SMART business card service and the registration in the SMART DB of qualified SMEs
  • Networking opportunities in the SMART international events and interacting with key global players, role models and speakers on top industry trends and developments

If you are a representative of a Regional Cluster

  • Facilitate the involvement of clusters’ SMEs in R&D international projects
  • Opportunity to provide clusters’ members with additional free services and support on FP7 funding opportunities.
    • Database of qualified SMEs to be inserted in “meta-clusters” for potential partnerships
    • Updated information on grants on the transport sector
    • Database of RTD to-be-submitted European proposals
  • Participation in specific intra-cluster events to better understand the specific regional trends and needs.
  • Improve the commitment of the cluster towards its members

If you are part of University or Research Center

  • Be linked to industrial organizations for the realization of RTD projects
  • Possibility to be aware of, and involved in highly innovative R&D projects led by SMEs
  • Participate in Two International Workshops where it is possible to show your project results and create new synergies
  • Wide visibility through the SMART business card service
  • Training activities on interesting FP7 programmes for research actions in the field of Surface Transport
  • Free evaluation of RTD project ideas

If you are a Public Authority or Administration

  • Benefits from research projects’ results
  • Participating as an end user in research projects
  • Networking opportunities in the SMART international events and interacting with key global players, role models and speakers on top industry trends and developments
  • To be updated about policy trends
  • Training activities on interesting FP7 programmes for research actions in the field of Surface Transport
  • Free evaluation of RTD project ideas