Znaczenie finansowania rozwoju współpracy pomiędzy jednostkami badawczo - rozwojowymi a mikro-, małymi i średnimi przedsiębiorstwami w Polsce ze środków Unii Europejskiej

The aim of the article is to show the possibilities for financing cooperation be-tween science and business using external funds, especially funds from the European Union programs. In Poland, this type of cooperation is not realized on a sufficient scale. The article presents examples of three different types of projects. Moreover it attempts to analyze the reasons for insufficient use of cooperation between sectors. Methods used in the research work are literature studies and case studies of project co-financed by external sources.