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.

Roadshow Roadmap

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. 

Think you have made a scientific or technical discovery with commercial potential? Consider the following steps before publicly disclosing your findings or submitting a manuscript for publication.

Complete a Technology Disclosure Form and submit the form to [email protected].

Contact Director of IP Management, Christina Gee ([email protected]) for enquiries related to invention disclosure.

Secure up to S$250,000 support to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of your invention.

Email [email protected] for more information.

Contact Lead Technologist, Lim Shengen via an Interest Form for a consultation.

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 ([email protected])
   ICT – Dr Chava Vijaya Saradhi ([email protected])
   Healthcare – Dr Michelle Zhang ([email protected])

Spin Off a Company

Contact the Venture Building team at [email protected] 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
  • 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 [email protected] to sign up or request more information.

  • 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