With over 3,000 researchers working across 100 centres and institutes, the University of Melbourne addresses some of society’s most complex challenges and is consistently ranked among the world’s leading universities.
When the university’s tech transfer team suffered a period of short staffing, gemaker was engaged to fill the knowledge and resource gap and swiftly reduced the backlog of work by providing expert advice, mentoring and hands-on services.
Working closely with the university’s team, gemaker’s senior commercialisation managers conducted market assessments, including preliminary prior art reviews, for multiple inventions. They provided strategic advice to the university’s commercialisation committee on each invention’s commercial potential and identified key customers, partners, potential funding routes and investors.
This role has transitioned into a long-term support function for the UoM commercialisation team, enabling them to provide consistent and high-quality support to UoM researchers.
