Industry/University collaboration in product focussed œnological research in Po...

• Author(s): Guedes, P. ; Pina, C. ; Santos, C. ; Vasconcelos, I. ; Silva, M. C. ; Couto, J.A. ; Hogg, T. ; Cabral, L. ; Vieira, M. ; Pessanha, M. ; Graca, A. ; Soares Franco, J. M.
• Date: 1998
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/6940
• Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
• Subject(s): Industry / university collaboration
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A innovative model of collaboration between a wine company and a university research group is presented. A protocol was established as a response to the perceived need to, on the part of the university, (i) focus research on specific scientific bottlenecks which would have a real impact in the producing industry and, on the part of the company, (ii) to have access to the scientific capacity to conduct in-depth studies to approach specific technical challenges. A closely managed programme was jointly established and the major characteristics are presented here together with the main results obtained during the first 2 and a half years of operation.