Call for applications in the 4th edition of the Titanium Supporting International Patent Applications program (23.12.22-31.01.23 until 12:00) | Gdańsk University of Technology

Budget and terms of project financing

• An application for funding may be submitted by an employee, doctoral student or student of the Gdansk University of Technology.
• Co-financing can be granted only for activities concerning inventions to which the University will be entitled - in whole or in part - to property rights, and the University is not subject to restrictions on the commercial use of the invention.
• The maximum grant for activities is PLN 18,000.00 gross and the maximum project period is 12 months.

Eligible costs of the project include:

1) costs of patent research (state of the art analysis),

2) costs of preparing documentation for the application of inventions in the international PCT procedure or in the European procedure,

3) costs of translation of application documentation,

4) costs of official fees for the application.

A condition for the grant is that the applicant entity is obliged to cover the costs of obtaining a patent in further procedures (validation costs in selected countries, official fees, etc.). 

If the rights to the invention covered by the application belong to the University in part (joint rights), the subsidy is proportional to the University's share in these rights - determined on the basis of the agreement on joint rights to / from the patent concluded with the other co-inventors.

How to apply?

• Recruitment of applications under the Program is carried out in a competitive mode. The call for applications under the Program will run from December 23, 2022 to January 31, 2023 until 12:00 pm.
• The applicant submits an electronic application to titanium@pg.edu.pl and a paper application to the Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, which conducts an analysis of the legal conditions and commercial potential of the invention, and obtains the opinion of the PG Patent Attorneys Team as to the patent potential of the invention.

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