Guide to Enterprising Pathways for NTU Faculty and Researchers
NTU Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NTU I&E) is here to help you transform your research into impactful products/services and high-quality ventures.
Click the tabs below to access essential resources and connect with key contacts to accelerate your commercialisation journey. For more information, refer to the I&E Playbook for Faculty and Researchers.
Step 1: Invention
Step 2: Report and Protect Your Invention
Complete a Technology Disclosure Form and submit the form to TD_Submission@e.ntu.edu.sg.
Contact Director of IP Management, Christina Gee (christinagee@ntu.edu.sg) for enquiries related to invention disclosure.
Step 3: Apply for Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant Funding
Secure up to S$250,000 support to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of your invention.
Email gap_fund@ntu.edu.sg for more information.
Step 4: Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for Field Trials
Contact Lead Technologist, Lim Shengen via an Interest Form for a consultation.
Step 5: Decide Commercialisation Between Licensing and Spin-Offs
Licensing
Contact the Technology Development Leads* for a discussion on how to:
- Market your invention
- Source industry partners
- Negotiate IP terms with industry partners
- Explore commercial applications of ongoing research work
* Engineering – Dr Richard Hung (rhung@ntu.edu.sg)
ICT – Dr Chava Vijaya Saradhi (saradhi@ntu.edu.sg)
Healthcare – Dr Michelle Zhang (michelle.zhang@ntu.edu.sg)
Spin Off a Company
Contact the Venture Building team at ntuitive-ventures@ntu.edu.sg for a discussion on how to:
- Assess the competitiveness of your technology
- Identify market opportunities and potential customers
- Scale the TRL of your technology
- Design your business model
- Establish a legal private entity for your company
- Develop a Founders’ Agreement
- Streamline your business process with template legal agreements
- Raise capital
- Build your C-suite team
Step 6: Join Venture Building Programme
- Leverage your NTU IP and transform it into groundbreaking deep tech ventures
- Turn your innovative business models/solutions into high potential startups
- Discover like-minded co-founders with complementary skills across the national network
- Engage in evidence-based field work to find problem-solution fit, product-market fit and business model fit
- Receive support for venture building, incubation and product development
- Secure post-programme investment by NTU once your spin-off/startup is venture-ready
For more information, please visit the webpage. Email ntuitive-ventures@ntu.edu.sg to sign up or request more information.
Step 7: Grow and Scale Your Venture
- Access additional Proof-of-Value (PoV) grant funding (up to S$500,000) for areas such as advanced materials, biopharma and MedTech
- Secure investment funding from NTU
