# Enhancement programmes Proof of Concept (PoC)
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Calls promoted by Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
**The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT - formerly MISE)** calls for proposals for the funding of **Proof of Concept (PoC)** projects, i.e. programmes of applied research **aimed at increasing the maturity level of patented technologies**, according to the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale, in order to enhance them through their application at industrial level or for the creation of new companies.
**The TRL scale,** adopted by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme, **is an indicator that identifies the stages of research and development, laboratory replication, testing, prototyping and monitoring of operational production phases.**
On the pages of the two Sapienza funded programmes, there is a link to each PoC technology that has been improved:
- [Enhancement Programme “Boosting Innovation Technology for Market Product Solutions – BIT4MaPS”](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/enhancement-programme-boosting-innovation-technology-market-product-solutions-bit4maps) 2019-2021, concluded;
- [Enhancement Programme "Bridge the GAP - Building Innovation Bridges between Research and Industrial System"](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/enhancement-programme-bridge-gap-building-innovation-bridges-between-research-and-industrial) 2022-2025, ongoing.
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**Would you like to support one of the patents benefiting from Proof of Concept?**
**Supporting** one of the patents funded by MIMIT (EX MISE)**means becoming part of the Sapienza research chain,** in a logic of collaboration and "**open innovation"** between universities and companies, between applied research and experimental development, and with a proactive and dynamic IPR management approach.
In concrete terms, with a view to **university-enterprise dialogue,** the Projects promotes and collects **expressions of interest** from both **companies** and other **stakeholders** operating in the **technological field** of reference of the PoCs, in order to:
> - verify the commercial viability of project ideas related to patents in Sapienza's portfolio;
> - design and develop use cases and/or prototypes to reduce the risk of future implementations in real environments;
> - draw up assessment plans and models for evaluating the exploitation of research;
> - enhance dialogue with stakeholders, especially those of an industrial nature, in terms of expectations and needs;
> - maximise the cost-benefit ratio related to the exploitation of a patent.
If you have identified a PoC in line with **your company's interests** and would like more information aimed at**possible collaborations**, please email [u\_brevetti@uniroma1.it](mailto:u_brevetti@uniroma1.it)
**Outreach Area**
**Enhancement and Technology Transfer Office**
**Patents and Licensing Unit**
**Email**[u\_brevetti@uniroma1.it](mailto:u_brevetti@uniroma1.it)
Navigation
[Enhancement Programme “Boosting Innovation Technology for Market Product Solutions – BIT4MaPS”](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/enhancement-programme-boosting-innovation-technology-market-product-solutions-bit4maps)
[Enhancement Programme 'Bridge the GAP - Building Innovation Bridges between Research and Industrial System'](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/enhancement-programme-bridge-gap-building-innovation-bridges-between-research-and-industrial)
[Patents and Licensing Sector](https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/patents-and-licensing-sector)
Links
[Sapienza Patents](https://research.uniroma1.it/cerca/brevetti)