The Research to Business (R2B) Programme is a 24-month regional initiative designed to strengthen research commercialization across the Mediterranean. R2B empowers research teams to transform their applied knowledge and scientific discoveries into market-ready and viable innovations through structured commercialization support, mentoring, experts’ guidance, regional ecosystem engagement and linkages to collaboration and funding opportunities.

The R2B Programme is an initiative of the Union for the Mediterranean, in partnership with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and is aligned with the UfM R&I agenda and the 2022 UfM R&I Ministerial Declaration. It supports regional research priorities addressing climate change, renewable energy, and health, while also covering key sectors such as agriculture, the green and blue economies, and deep tech. The programme specifically targets countries that falls within the Spanish Cooperation’s regional Masar Programme.

The R2B programme is led by Berytech, in partnership with ANIMA Investment Network and the University of Barcelona.