The principal objective of the CNIC Project and Technology Transfer Unit is to promote the research carried out at the Center and to stimulate the exploitation of the results generated. The main activities of the Project and Technology Transfer Unit are:

To stimulate and support the the CNIC´s research activities:

• Supplying CNIC personnel with information about public and private sources of funding for research - grants, contracts, research projects, scientific infrastructure, etc.
• Helping with the preparation and processing of funding proposals written by CNIC staff.
• Administering grants and other funding awarded to CNIC personnel.
• Preparing and processing proposals for central funding for the CNIC.

To encourage the exploitation of research results generated at the CNIC:

• Promoting and publicising the CNIC´s R&D assets.
• Providing researchers with advice about the potential for patenting their research results.
• Helping in the preparation of patents.

To promote and coordinate relations between the CNIC and other sectors in the fields of research and technological innovation:

• Stimulating collaboration between CNIC researchers and companies interested in their work through formal collaboration agreements or research contracts.
• Promoting participation by CNIC research groups in collaborative research and technology-development programmes at regional, national, and European levels.