Bring your research to the business world: apply to the Applied program

Are you studying for a master's degree, or are you a doctoral student or postdoc at FIT VUT? Are you currently working on an interesting research project and attracted by the idea of its practical application? Sign up for the fall run of the Applied! From Research to Business program.

Thanks to this program from the South Moravian Innovation Agency JIC, you will learn how to commercialize the results of your research work. What can you expect? The Applied! program (formerly known as JIC Ph.D. Academy) will help you during eight practical meetings to:

• identify the commercial potential of a research project,
• learn how to present it clearly and evaluate its market potential,
• understand the basics of technology transfer and gain an overview of financing options,
• establish contacts with mentors from JIC, other experts, and inspiring founders of startups with academic roots.

Each block, starting at 1:00 p.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m., combines expert lectures, workshops, mentoring, and networking. The venue is JIC INMEC, Purkyňova 127, Brno-Medlánky.

• October 2: How to present your research project?
• October 9: How to identify commercial potential?
• October 23: How to build a project based on academic knowledge?
• October 30: How to approach technology transfer?
• November 6: Pitch training session and mentoring with JIC consultants
• November 20: How to verify the commercial potential of a project?
• November 27: How to finance the commercialization of projects?
• December 11: Mentors Day

Program price: CZK 3,000 incl. VAT More information about the program can be found on the JIC website.

Applied! offers you the opportunity to connect the worlds of academia and industry, teaches you to recognize opportunities, and supports your entrepreneurship.