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Scale-up, impact, replication and the long road after submissionCheck out the episode websiteThe Grant has established a collaboration with PNO Innovation Italy. In the first episode of this PNO Innovation Series I’m joined by Francesca Di Bartolomeo from SINTEF and Anna Franciosini from PNO Innovation Italy to talk about what happens after a strong EU proposal gets funded. We use PyroCO2 as the case: a project that started from years of scientific groundwork, multidisciplinary collaboration and industrial networking, and then moved into a full proposal and now into implementation. Francesca explains the scientific and organisational background at SINTEF, while Anna shares how the proposal was shaped from the consultancy side, especially around impact, market positioning and the broader European relevance of the project. We then move into the practical reality of the project itself. PyroCO2 is about taking CO2 as a waste stream and, through biotechnology and catalysis, transforming it into a more useful molecule that could support future industrial decarbonisation. But the real story here is the move from idea to scale-up: building demonstration infrastructure, coordinating a large consortium, handling exploitation and replication thinking early, and making sure the project results can live beyond the funding period. It’s a grounded conversation about proposal development, industrial innovation and the difficult but necessary path from an approved application to something real. Time codes:01:56 Guest introduction fly in04:14 From Idea to Proposal13:38 From Proposal to Implementation – The Demonstration22:11 Results and Future Impact24:14 Reflections
