White paper offers best practices for european HPC CoEs to build commercial impact

White paper - Guidance and Best Practices for European Centres of Excellence in High Performance Computing Aiming to Build Their Commercialisation Capabilities

A new white paper titled “Guidance and Best Practices for European Centres of Excellence in High Performance Computing Aiming to Build Their Commercialisation Capabilities” has been released. The 14‑page document, born from a close collaboration among leading European HPC Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and supported by the CASTIEL2 project, offers practical guidance and strategic insights to help CoEs strengthen their commercial and innovation‑oriented activities.

For Europe’s High‑Performance Computing (HPC) Centres of Excellence, excellence in research alone is no longer enough. To ensure long‑term sustainability and to maximise their contribution to Europe’s economy and society, CoEs are increasingly expected to exploit their results, to turn Key Exploitable Results into services or products, and to develop clear pathways to commercialisation. Building these capabilities is vital for transforming scientific breakthroughs into tangible benefits for industry, policymakers and citizens.

This white paper, developed within the Taskforce for the Sustainability Vision for CoEs, captures the combined expertise of BioExcel-3, ChEESE-2P, ESiWACE-3, EXCELLERAT P2, HiDALGO2 and MultiXscale. It is freely available here on the portal, on ResearchGate and Zenodo, and provides tools, lessons learned and practical steps to help CoEs build strong value propositions, develop services and establish sustainable business models.

Key sections of the white paper include:

  • Stakeholders and value proposition: highlights how community building and understanding user needs are essential to shaping a strong value proposition for commercial services.

  • Identification and development of service offerings: explains how to transition from proposed value to concrete service offerings for customers.

  • Business model and plan: covers the development of a business model and plan based on understanding the value proposition and what can be offered to customers. It also highlights common legal entities and what to consider when making a choice.

  • Recommendations: shares insights based on lessons learned by some of the Centres of Excellence during their commercialisation journey.

  • Future outlook: presents conclusions and a vision for the Centre of Excellence ecosystem going forward

 

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