Background

The establishment of BIOPOLISZ Ltd. was preceded by several years of efforts that focused on the identification and satisfaction of emerging innovation needs. The foundation of Szeged-BIOPOLISZ Life Science Consortium may be regarded as the successful realization of the BIOPOLISZ-concept. Its founders, Bay Zoltán Applied Research Foundation Institute of Biotechnology, Cereal Research Non-profit Company, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Szeged Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Local Government of Szeged and the MP of Szeged's Újszeged District established the Consortium in 2003 in order to

• promote the activities of Szeged's institutes related to education, research and innovation both in the city and in the region,
  
• broker professional cooperations, coordinate major investment projects and infrastructural ment,
  
• provide background for successful grant-related activities both at a national and international level, and
  
• support initiatives aiming to Szeged's high-tech industry.

The founding papers of the Consortium have become the founders' warranty of intent to make joint efforts in the above issues.

In order to make their collaboration and work more effective, the members of the Consortium agreed to establish and jointly operate a professional technology transfer office, as a result of which the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the University of Szeged, the Local Government of Szeged and Duna-Tisza Regional Development Co. Ltd. signed a syndicate agreement that led to the establishment of our company.