Results
This section of the website will show the results of previously funded projects of the NMP activity within Framework Programme 6 (FP6) and of the corresponding parts of the Growth programme within Framework Programme 5 (FP5).
"Completed projects" will link to the publishable summaries prepared as part of the final technical reports.
"Research impacts" links to the ex-post impact assessments which have been performed on a large number of projects in previous programmes, with focus on the recently completed evaluation and impact assessment of finished projects of the Growth programme (FP5).
"Support to exploitation" links to activities set up in order to better valorise the results of the projects. Assessment studies have clearly demonstrated that there is a wide gap between the scientific-technical performance and the socio-economic performance of the projects. For example, 75% of the NMP FP5 projects achieved all or most of their scientific-technical objectives, but only 54% achieved all or part of their exploitation objectives. Looking into the causes of the gap shows that business/exploitation issues should receive more attention in the setting up and follow up of projects. Therefore the ESIC (Exploitation Strategy and Innovation Consultants) service was set up by DG RTD. All NMP projects can, for example, ask for an Exploitation Strategy Seminar, which is strongly recommended.