Pre-study: Integrated Entrepreneurial Competence in Academia

Purpose and goal

Starting and developing companies based on ground-breaking research results (deep-tech) stemming from academic research involves technological- and market risks and requires large capital investments. Together, the project partners have identified a need to further develop existing innovation support models to further strengthen the ability to take deep-tech innovations from the lab to the market, which enables deep-tech innovations to be developed and the commercial conditions to be validated, within the framework of the universities´ activities before incorporation.

Expected effects and result

The objective of this project is to package 3 possible models that allow deep-tech innovations to be developed within activities of higher education institutions for a longer period of time, before a company is established. This would enable the technology to be developed further up the TRL scale, and for the commercial conditions to be verified in a better way in combination with the development and maturity of Team Readiness Level.

Planned approach and implementation

Participating universities have, based on their specific conditions, developed basic proposals for models for how the commercial conditions for deep-tech innovations arising from research can be improved. The models will have two different main orientations: Development of business competence and entrepreneurial ability within the research group/environment (LU and Chalmers) Completion of the research team by an individual with existing business competence (KTH)