The new organisation, ASTP-Proton, will be based in the Netherlands and with a satellite office in Brussels, Belgium, and have a combined membership of 1000 individuals from 450 institutions.

The Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) and Public Research Organization Transfer Offices Network – Europe (Proton) have merged.

The new organisation, ASTP-Proton, will be based in the Netherlands and with a satellite office in Brussels, Belgium, and have a combined membership of 1000 individuals from 450 institutions.

Separately, the Science|Business Innovation Board, a not-for-profit scientific association that performs original research on EU innovation policy, has published two studies covering success factors for university spin-outs and recommending…