Research-industry collaboration: a bridge-building guide for both sides – Part 4
Having done all the hard work in establishing the partnership, consider how it can be leveraged for even greater mutual benefit.
Research-industry collaboration: a bridge-building guide for both sides – Part 3
Researchers should be aware that collaboration with Company A may restrict you from jumping into bed with Company B, particularly if A and B are competitors. In business as in love, consider whether monogamy suits you before beginning a long-term partnership.
Research-industry collaboration: a bridge-building guide for both sides – Part 2
Partly in response to Innovation and Science Australia’s recent performance review of Australia’s innovation, science and research system, I am producing a series of posts about improving research-industry collaboration, to share lessons from my experience leading collaborations for Cochlear, as well as recent research into best practice. This blog series describes five steps to build […]
Research-industry collaboration: a bridge-building guide for both sides
There’s often a huge crevasse between research organisations, such as universities, and commercial companies, in any industry: a gap in understanding and a potential grave for hopes and dreams.
Courting industry: Why your next research funding won’t come from a grant
Here are my top tips on how to successfully engage with industry.
Is Australia’s glass of innovation half full or half empty?
Is Australia’s glass of innovation half full or half empty? I thought, as Science & Technology Australia’s second annual Science Meets Business conference began.
Engaging industry: a traveller’s guide
Calls that Australian research is not being adequately translated into commercial advantage for the nation have been heard for more than 20 years.
KCA and AIRG Industry Collaboration Pitch Fest
On August 5, the Australasian Industrial Research Group (AIRG) and Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA) co-hosted a networking event bringing together researchers and industry R&D specialists. The event, entitled, Collaboration Opportunities for Technologies / Products in the Physical Sciences was held at 3M Australia. The event started with a tour of the 3M Innovation Centre, where […]
Thrilled for skills: Professionalisation study in commercialising Australian research
The first study to identify the skills and qualities required to successfully put research to use via commercialisation was awarded $98k grant funding from the Professional Standards Councils (PSC) today.
Swinburne turning PhD’s on their Head
But whatever their background, the students all have one thing in common—a burning desire to make a difference in the medical world and improve people’s lives.