Outreach, knowledge valorization, social innovation, business and innovation management

ICONS uniquely integrates three key competences - science communication, social innovation and business innovation - which can significantly enhance the value and impacts of R&I projects. With over 25 years of experience in EU-funded R&I projects ICONS has worked in more than 130 EU-funded projects, including over 75 in Horizon Europe, covering different research domains. 

We adopt an innovative model to turn research results into impacts, working together with researchers, companies, public institutions, communities and other players involved in innovation pathways. Through an integrated, impact-driven and measurable approach, we create awareness, foster public engagement, raise societal acceptance through human-centric frameworks, turn innovations into economic, scientific and societal value, ensure the long-term viability of innovation, strengthen business and accelerate market uptake of R&I results. 

ICONS plays a key role in maximising impacts from EU funded R&I projects. Indeed, we are one of the strategic partners of the BOOSTER consortium, the EU flagship initiative delivering dissemination and exploitation support to already funded European R&I projects. 

We seek partnerships in new Horizon Europe Missions proposals, which we can support with our expertise in Communication & Dissemination, Exploitation, Business and Innovation Management, Social Sciences and Social Innovation.