HSbooster.eu II is a 36-month initiative that continues the European Commission’s support to help EU-funded research and innovation projects increase the valorisation of their results through contributions to standards. Building on the experience of the previous edition, HSbooster II offers a renewed portfolio of expert services tailored to projects at different stages of their standardisation journey.
HSbooster.eu II facilitates and streamlines the dialogue between Research & Innovation projects with the Standardisation landscape and its main actors, namely corresponding Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs) to increase the European impact on (international) Standardisation and strengthen the European competitiveness.
HSbooster II responds to the growing need to connect research and innovation more effectively with standardisation, in line with European priorities for competitiveness, resilience, sustainability and technological sovereignty. By supporting projects in identifying relevant standards pathways and opportunities for contribution, the initiative helps ensure that European research results can play a more visible role in shaping future standards.
Contributing to standards is often a strategic objective for research and innovation projects, but the process of engaging with technical committees, working groups and standardisation bodies can be difficult to navigate. HSbooster II addresses this challenge by providing targeted support adapted to the maturity, needs and ambitions of each project.
Through upcoming open calls, HSbooster II will offer services ranging from early-stage proposal support and short-term mentoring to more advanced assistance for projects ready to engage directly with standards development activities. These services are designed to help beneficiaries adopt a sound strategic approach, identify suitable entry points, and strengthen their capacity to contribute effectively to standardisation.
More information on the new open calls for projects and standardisation experts will be available soon.
HSbooster.eu relies on a solid Consortium of partners with overarching experience in the management of European Commision funded projects and CSA (Trust-IT Srl & COMMpla) and booster-type services (META Group), in delivering education training and courses in for future Standards experts and professionals (Fraunhofer and University of Belgrade), plus the National Standards Body of Denmark (Dansk Standard) and European Standardisation Body (CEN-CENELEC).