Turn research into a business idea How spin-offs come to life

The aim is to generate knowledge and improve technology transfer to the local, national and international economic fabric, promoting innovative projects on the market.

Take a look at the opportunities we offer for developing new business ideas, to clearly enhance the research conducted at the University:

The application requirements regard: 

• the absence of potential conflicts of interest or competition; 
• the participation in start-ups and spin-offs must not be preponderant over your university role, also in terms of remuneration.  

 The University also defines the roles with formal responsibility that can be held and the duration in office as of the date of accreditation of the start-up or spin-off. 

You can find the detailed guidelines and all the forms you need for getting started on the University Intranet. You can consult the University Regulations.

For more information or help in the procedures, you can count on us.

Cross fertilisation among disciplines underlies the best research results and can become fertile soil for winning business ideas. The ability to make knowledge and competences from different backgrounds interact and work smoothly together in the same group is a decisive element producing positive effects for the growth of the project.

This is why networking for business development can be the key factor in a research project that aims to impact the market.

In the same way, today innovation is the result of continuous hybridisation between different competences and knowledge, helping to outline sustainable, tailored solutions, considering all the aspects in play.

Absolutely all areas of knowledge can play a leading role in providing inputs to, and being part of, business projects: from culture to the arts, from the environment to tourism, from health to education, from technologies to industry.

Find your inspiration by taking part in one of the initiatives on offer. You can exploit your experience and obtain useful results for helping the whole community of teachers and researchers to grow.

This is because they are considered key factors for sustainability, for disseminating innovation and facilitating the development of society.

Whether or not you wish to set up your own business, developing these skills can help to foster a pro-active attitude to seeking the best opportunities. These skills may be fundamental for a student during their university career, helping to develop a flexible, pro-active approach to managing projects in the best way and obtaining results in any disciplinary area.

Your contribution as a teacher or researcher, naturally predisposed to innovative thought, can make the difference for disseminating these fundamental elements.

Taking part in the initiatives proposed can help to identify ideas that, with the right knowledge and competences, can lead to teaching skills where knowledge and competences are transferred along with an active approach to innovation.

Developing research in an innovative key, ensuring that it can develop with a view to impacting the market in fact leads to positive returns for the University where it originates. In particular, the Department plays a key role, if we think in terms of:

• Enhancing the competences of the related Department
  each department is the expression of a constellation of knowledge and competences which, where organically stimulated, can produce dynamics and depth for all areas of research and development

• Added value in terms of market experience
  which can help to foster further research works based on the evidence emerging from this experience
• Returns in terms of research and partnerships
  the process of defining and launching a spin-off on the market produces a broad, cohesive network, open to new partnerships and new research actions

• Enhancement for assessment purposes
  a spin-off is a highly relevant element for university assessment and self-assessment, significantly impacting the research and Third mission indexes

• Employment
  the research and implementation activities linked to a spin-off produce positive and measurable effects in terms of employment, guaranteeing highly qualified jobs for researchers and research fellows.

Take part in the initiatives proposed, and you will find new ideas for new projects, meeting teachers and researchers who you can talk with and, possibly, create a work team: