With our offers, we want to sensitize colleagues to transfer and show scientists how the application potential of research ideas can be evaluated and raised. We provide methods, basic knowledge on communication and development paths as well as ideas for funding projects or financially strong partnerships. Our basic offerings are regularly supplemented with current offerings.
unleash potential
Discover potential
We show and teach various methods and techniques that help scientists to generate application-oriented ideas from their research and to recognize the application-oriented potential.
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Bring your idea into the application
The full potential of research only becomes apparent when it is applied – and scientists can also define their own careers in the process. Either in an established company or as a founder themselves. We support ambitious scientists in founding their own company or connect them with partners from business and industry.
Creative Seminar: Mastering contrains, creativity and design for diverse focused innovative thinking
Using easily accessible creative techniques, we work on the development of ideas – based on your research focus – to work out potential applications.
Cooperations: Do’s and Dont’s
What do you need to bear in mind when working together so that the collaboration doesn’t turn into a fiasco?
Mystery of Economy – Introduction to Business Administration
Fundamentals of business administration for scientists.
A day full of Transfer@HZDR: Together with our partners and HZDR employees, we will take a look at past successes in the area of transfer, exchange views on current developments and establish contacts for future successful partnerships.
HZDR Innovation Contest
The HZDR Innovation Contest offers application-oriented ideas from research at the HZDR the ideal platform to discuss and develop ideas and prepare them for the market under professional guidance. Combined with attractive prizes.
A Year in Review and Future Outlook for Technology Transfer at HZDR
An annual review by Dr. Björn Wolf (Head of Technology Transfer and Innovation) on the HZDR’s transfer successes in facts and figures.
Potential Workshop
In this workshop, we show how the exploitation potential of research results or ideas can be determined.
Pitch Trainings (Graduate Academy)
Pitches – the short presentation of your project in 3 – 7 minutes – are part of the 1×1 if you want to win funding projects, industry partners or sponsors. We show you how to approach the topic efficiently and practise pitching.
Thematic information events
In our thematic information events, we provide information on the current standards for transfer-relevant topics, such as funding opportunities, open transfer, IP management, NDAs, licensing, storytelling, etc.
1×1 of exploitation planning: Gaining exploitation potential from my research
In-depth workshop on the topic of determining and presenting utilization potential.
Certification course: Innovation management
Learn the basics of innovation management to put your research into practice.
Training course: Qualification for a career in industry
Further training for academics / scientists for the next career step.
HZDR Innovation Contest
With the HZDR Innovation Contest, we offer transfer-oriented scientists and technicians a unique opportunity to further develop their ideas in an application-oriented manner in a guided program and in exchange with other teams. Including pitch training, coaching and jury feedback.
The Postdoc Center is the central point of contact and service point for all questions relating to the promotion of early career researchers after their doctorate. Young researchers are advised on decision-making and career planning – both in terms of career paths within and outside academia. The Academia, Business and Science Management career paths are available for this purpose.
Qualification for a career in business
Further training offered by Prof. Dr. Gebel from Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.
Mentoring from the German Physical Society (DPG)
A career training program of the DPG – explicitly for physicists who want to find their way in the economy.
License and IP management
IP management and licensing play a major role in the area of technology transfer and innovation – because without the appropriate legal review and protection, your innovative idea will NOT become a success story. Our innovation managers are here to advise you.
Patents and property rights
The Patent Information Center (PIZ) Dresden is our partner for offers and questions in the field of industrial property rights, such as patents, trademarks and designs.
Start-up consulting
In accordance with the exploitation guideline, the HZDR supports spin-offs in the pre- and early post-foundation phase. Both the HZDR Innovation Managers and HZDR Innovation GmbH provide support. Our consulting services are supplemented by offers from our start-up-promoting partners in Dresden and Saxony, e.g. the HTW Dresden (“Start-up-oriented introduction to business administration – How to start a start-up!”) or dresden | exists (e.g. “Workshop Business Idea Development”, “Life Tech Lab” ect.).
Product sales
As a spin-off of the HZDR, HZDR Innovation GmbH is responsible for the product management and sales of marketable innovations from the HZDR. This includes active sales, trade fair participation and product presentations in print, web and B2B.
You can find current dates for our offers in our event calendar. If there is no current date, but you would like to know when the next offer you are interested in is planned, simply contact us.
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Our innovation managers will support you with these topics
The HZDR innovation managers will support you every step of the way – from the idea to its development and commercialization. Specifically in the following areas:
HZDR Innovation Fund
The HZDR Innovation Fund supports validation and spin-off projects of the HZDR with a total volume of EUR 400,000 per year.
IP Management
IP Management (Intellectual Property Management) provides support in the legally compliant and commercial exploitation of research results.
R&D contracts
Industry is a profitable client for science and supports application-oriented research. We provide support in bringing together reputable industrial partners and drafting legally compliant contracts.
Licenses
License models enable researchers to exploit their results without major financial risk, but with financial gain. We provide advice and support in drafting contracts.
Start-up consulting
Successful examples show: scientists can also set up a company and run it economically without neglecting their research. We provide advice on paths and opportunities and arrange supplementary programs as well as valuable partners (contacts).
HZDR Innovation Labs
Since 2020, the HZDR Innovation Labs have been independently operating research and development units that conduct research in close cooperation with companies. They pursue specific, application-oriented questions that correspond to the profile of the HZDR. They provide a low-threshold exchange between research and industry, from which future-oriented business models are to be developed as a team.
Validation funding
Saxony’s validation funding, which is provided by the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport (SMWA) together with the SAB, aims to evaluate the exploitation potential of innovative scientific research at a low threshold. With this state funding for the expansion of research transfer, Saxony is setting an example. Researchers benefit from 18 months of support from experts.
Our innovation managers
Dorit Teichmann
Innovation Manager Life Science
Supervised institutes: – Institute for Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research – Institute of Radiation Oncology – OncoRay
Innovations Manager Physical Technologies / New Materials
Supervised institutes: – Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory – Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research – Institute of Theoretical Physics
We actively support you on the path from research to application.
Do you have an idea for the utilization of your research? Or would you like more information about possible applications in your field? Then simply contact us – either via the HZDR Innovators School team or the innovation manager at your institute.
