INNOVIRIS is a public agency established in 2004 answering directly to the regional minister with responsibility for scientific research.

Acronym: Innoviris

Since 2008, INNOVIRIS became completely independent of the regional ministry and manages the entire regional budget for research and innovation, as well as it own operating budget. It manages various funding measures targeting universities and companies located in the region, including support for technology transfer. Most of the measures are implemented through a similar process: calls for proposal, evaluation and selection of proposals by the expert juries and scientific and financial monitoring of the selected projects. One exception, created in 2008, is related to micro-projects (from three to nine months duration) led by innovative micro-businesses or SMEs: their projects can be introduced at any time.

Website: http://www.innoviris.be/

Address:
Chaussée de Charleroi 110
1060 Brussels
Belgium

Projects:

• PRO-Ethics - Participatory Real Life Experiments in Research and Innovation Funding Organisations on Ethics