Industry Transition & Intrapreneurship
Career transition to industry, internal R&D leadership and intrapreneurial pathways for researchers.
From Marie Skłodowska-Curie to Industry: Building the Transition Before the Fellowship Ends
Industry transition is easier when the researcher starts translating expertise, outputs and networks into employer-relevant value before the fellowship ends.
Read article →Intrapreneurship for Researchers: Building New R&D Inside an Existing Company
Intrapreneurship allows researchers to create new technical programmes, products or research directions inside an established organisation without immediately forming a new company.
Read article →Turning MSCA Work Packages Into Corporate R&D Projects
Well-designed research work packages can often be reframed as corporate R&D modules with clearer business ownership, validation and decision points.
Read article →Researcher Value Proposition: Explaining Your Scientific Expertise to Companies
Companies rarely hire a publication list; they hire capability, problem-solving, domain knowledge and evidence that the researcher can create value.
Read article →Building an Internal Innovation Project as a Researcher
A researcher inside a company can use proposal-writing discipline to design an internal innovation project that management can evaluate and fund.
Read article →Questions researchers often ask
How can a research proposal become an industry or commercial asset?
Methods, prototypes, datasets, work packages and stakeholder relationships can be converted into contract research, licensing, consulting, industrial R&D, a research company or an independent institute.
Does research commercialisation always require a startup?
No. Licensing, consulting, contract research, training, analytical services, software, prototyping and intrapreneurship are also commercialisation routes.
Can a proposal become the first programme of a research institute?
Yes. A mature proposal already contains a research direction, methodology, tasks, expected outputs and potential partners that can be reorganised into a multi-year institutional research programme.