aws Green IP
About this good practice
Green IP addresses companies that are interested in developing and implementing an innovation protection strategy. aws offers IP coaching and financial funding.
Problem: SMEs need funding for sustainable innovations
Context: sustainability challenges (e.g. climate protection) have to be tackled in the future
Objective:
- fund sustainable innovations of SMEs
- protect innovations to support Austrian economy
Remedies:
- funding for patent and consulting costs
- IP coaching by aws
Implementation:
-> ministry defines strategy for innovation funding
-> ministries and other shareholders define the overall amount of the grant
-> aws breaks the amount down to several funding projects
-> aws (Austria Wirtschaftsservice) checks the applications and distributes the money to the grantees
-> unbiased IP coaching is provided by the aws IP department to support innovation protection
Supplementary Funding Programs:
- aws PreSeed Deep Tech / Innovative Solutions
- aws Seed Deep Tech / Innovative Solutions
-> grantee can be in several funding programs at the same time as long as double funding is excluded
Main Stakeholders/Beneficiaries:
- sustainable and innovative SMEs
- funding for international patent registration costs lever export chances of companies
- branches: e-mobility, renewable energies, technologies for supply chain tracking and/or sustainability reporting etc.
Resources needed
Funding Amount/Financial Resources:
- max. 150.000 € per project
- refunding:
50% for SMEs
70 % for small companies if a woman is trained
60% for medium sized companies if a woman is trained
Human Resources: 3 employees (full-time per year)
Evidence of success
- Green IP responds to sustainable innovators’ need for financial support
- grantees are attracted by the high funding amount
- application is manageable
Potential for learning or transfer
- covers the need for sustainable innovation funding
- covers the cost-intensive patent development and registration stages of a
sustainable innovation
- 70 % funding rate if a woman is trained -> lever to support equal rights for women
in working sector
- preseed and seed funding can be complementary to Green IP