Malta Enterprise assists R&D project types that qualify as Industrial Research or Experimental Development. Thus applicants are requested to select the R&D type that matches the applicant’s R&D project. Based on the definition provided below select the one which best fits the proposed project: Research’ means the planned research or critical investigation aimed at the acquisition of new ‘Industrial knowledge and skills for developing new products, processes or services or for bringing about a significant improvement in existing products, processes or services. It comprises the creation of components parts of complex systems, and may include the construction of prototypes in a laboratory environment or in an environment with simulated interfaces to existing systems as well as of pilot lines, when necessary for the industrial research and notably for generic technology validation. ‘Experimental Development’ means acquiring, combining, shaping and using existing scientific, technological, business and other relevant knowledge and skills with the aim of developing new or improved products, processes or services. This may also include, for example, activities aiming at the conceptual definition, planning and documentation of new products, processes or services; Experimental development may comprise prototyping, demonstrating, piloting, testing and validation of new or improved products, processes or services in environments representative of real life operating conditions where the primary objective is to make further technical improvements on products, processes or services that are not substantially set. This may include the development of a commercially usable prototype or pilot which is necessarily the final commercial product and which is too expensive to produce for it to be used only for demonstration and validation purposes. Experimental development does not include routine or periodic changes made to existing products, production lines, manufacturing processes, services and other operations in progress, even if those changes may represent improvements. Give a justification for selecting Industrial Research or Experimental Development. This should consist of 50 200 words clearly outlining how the proposed R&D project fits the – definitions as described above. 4. Personal Data Protection A. Contact email address of the Data Protection Officer:
Malta Enterprise assists R&D project types that qualify as Industrial Research or Experimental Development. Thus applicants are requested to select the R&D type that matches the applicant’s R&D project. Based on the definition provided below select the one which best fits the proposed project: ‘Industrial Research’ means the planned research or critical investigation aimed at the acquisition of new knowledge and skills for developing new products, processes or services or for bringing about a significant improvement in existing products, processes or services. It comprises the creation of components parts of complex systems, and may include the construction of prototypes in a laboratory environment or in an environment with simulated interfaces to existing systems as well as of pilot lines, when necessary for the industrial research and notably for generic technology validation. ‘Experimental Development’ means acquiring, combining, shaping and using existing scientific, technological, business and other relevant knowledge and skills with the aim of developing new or improved products, processes or services. This may also include, for example, activities aiming at the conceptual definition, planning and documentation of new products, processes or services; Experimental development may comprise prototyping, demonstrating, piloting, testing and validation of new or improved products, processes or services in environments representative of real life operating conditions where the primary objective is to make further technical improvements on products, processes or services that are not substantially set. This may include the development of a commercially usable prototype or pilot which is necessarily the final commercial product and which is too expensive to produce for it to be used only for demonstration and validation purposes. Experimental development does not include routine or periodic changes made to existing products, production lines, manufacturing processes, services and other operations in progress, even if those changes may represent improvements. Give a justification for selecting Industrial Research or Experimental Development. This should consist of 50 – 200 words clearly outlining how the proposed R&D project fits the definitions as described above. 4. Personal Data Protection A. Contact email address of the Data Protection Officer:
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