What is Corporate Development & Technology Transfer all about?
- Open innovation: new collaborations and R&D&i projects
- Knowledge valorisation: results exploitation, IP management & spin-off creation
- Open science and Reserach Impact
- Innovation ecosystems
The Corporate Development and Technology Transfer department (KTT) drives the interface between scientific knowledge and innovation, societal impact and industry. It serves as a link between scientists and society, bridging the gap between IREC’s research and innovation and industry by fostering open innovation opportunities and new project oportunities, translating research results into value for society, dinamizing innovation ecosystems and ensuring measurable societal and economic outcomes. Our work includes:
Business Development
We identify and secure funding opportunities, build collaborative R&D&i projects and foster long-term relationships with industry partners at regional, national and European level.
Technology Transfer
We manage IREC’s intellectual property portfolio, support the protection and exploitation of research results and guide the creation of spin-offs and licensing agreements.
Open Science and Research Data Management
We ensure compliance with open-access mandates, manage research data plans and promote transparent science practices across all IREC departments.
Research Impact, Outreach & Scientific Communication
We measure and report on the societal and economic outcomes of IREC’s research and coordinate outreach activities to engage relevant stakeholders.
What we do
Explore our technologies, spin-offs, collaborations and innovation actions
Portfolio
Explore our innovations ready for transfer to industry
Lab to market
Discover the spin-offs born from our research and innovation
Platforms & associations
See the networks and platforms we actively participate in
Outreach
Discover how we are bringing research closer to society
Strategic actions
Learn about the strategic actions we lead and support
Projects
Explore IREC’s projects
Tecnio agent
Recognized as a public technology provider to industry
Strategic Actions
IREC’s strategyc actions aim to generate strategic impact on the territory
Strategic actions are a core instrument through which IREC consolidates its position as a reference centre in Catalonia and Europe for the energy transition. Rather than isolated initiatives, they form a connected set of activities designed to generate lasting impact on the territory and on the European energy system. IREC leads and participates in unique research platforms and large-scale facilities, including PlemCat, PRIMA and DIRECxTE, which provide the physical and organisational infrastructure for applied energy research at scale.
Alongside these, the institute actively shapes innovation ecosystems such as XRE4S and drives strategic collaborations including Battech and JRU Solar, which bring together industry, academia and public bodies around shared energy transition goals. Taken together, these actions reinforce IREC’s role as a catalyser of knowledge, talent and investment in the energy sector.
Connect with the KTT Team
A multidisciplinary team bridging the gap between innovative disruptive research and industry and society.
Services
IREC offers access to its research facilities and scientific services.To enquire contact ktt@irec.cat
CERCAGINYS
Explore IREC’s infrastructures in the CERCA GINYS platform.
Rates
View our service fee schedule
Facilities
Discover our research infrastructure and laboratory capabilities
In this framework, IREC is part of Cerca GINYS: the access platform to the scientific and technical infrastructures of all CERCA centres. The CERCAGINYS programme from CERCA is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.