Researcher Mel Slater receives an ERC grant to commercialise previously funded projects
Mel Slater.
Research
(23/09/2013)
The European Research Council (ERC) has conferred on Mel Slater, ICREA researcher from the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment at the Faculty of Psychology of the UB and director of Event Lab, one of the 33 grants given in 2013 within the funding initiative Proof of Concept. Catalonia has obtained four grants, just behind the United Kingdom and the Netherlands which received six grants.
Mel Slater.
Research
23/09/2013
The European Research Council (ERC) has conferred on Mel Slater, ICREA researcher from the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment at the Faculty of Psychology of the UB and director of Event Lab, one of the 33 grants given in 2013 within the funding initiative Proof of Concept. Catalonia has obtained four grants, just behind the United Kingdom and the Netherlands which received six grants.
This funding aims at supporting grant-holders during the pre-demonstration phase to prepare a "package" to be presented to venture capitalists or companies that might invest in the new technology and take it through the early commercialisation phase. It promotes the innovation potential. The funding per grant is up to € 150.000.
Mel Slater has received a grant for the project "SERE: A System for Embodied Relational Experiences". Other award-winning Catalan projects are: "MULTINUTRIENT MAIZE: Multivitamin and multimineral fortified maize for food security", from the University of Lleida; "BIOXCAT: Bioinspired Catalysts for Commercial Applications", from the University of Girona, and "GRAQUADOT: Novel ultrasensitive imaging sensors based on graphene-quantum dot hybrid technology", from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO).
For further information, please visit ERC website.