The engagement imperative
In times like these, research is valued by its real-world impact.
To solve urgent technical, economic, social and environmental problems, government and other grant providers prioritise industry engagement as much as research quality when funding universities and other research organisations.
As well as enhancing your impact and reputation, industry engagement can bring extra funding, new research avenues, expert collaborators, and career development opportunities for research staff and students.
How we help
We develop customised partnership strategies and assist you in implementing them by leveraging our extensive, cross-sector networks.
We increase researchers’ confidence and skills in industry engagement to reduce the burden on business development managers and tech transfer staff, so they can focus on high-value support for research commercialisation.
Our award-winning industry engagement training empowers researchers to:
and design research to meet them
and stakeholders in industry, government, and the community
based on trust and mutual benefit
with compelling grant applications and pitches
by harnessing social media
for businesspeople or policymakers
of participants would recommend this training to others
of participants agreed that the facilitators were knowledgeable
felt it increased their confidence and ability to deliver a compelling pitch to industry
believed it increased their understanding of how to engage with external partners
Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri, Head of NanoTech Laboratory at Macquarie University recalls how gemaker’s industry engagement training, while she was a Postdoctoral Researcher, set her up for success throughout her career.
We've trained over 900 researchers and tech transfer staff from:
What our trainees say
Why choose gemaker?
- We cater for every career stage: from PhD students with no industry experience to mid-career researchers seeking to enhance their industry engagement skills.
- Our training model is flexible: build the program you need from our range of modules and choose face-to-face or online delivery.
- Our extensively networked, inspiring facilitators speak the language of research, industry and government sectors.
