Commercialisation bootcamp supports UCD researchers as they learn how to bring their ideas, such as a formaldehyde replacement and a rapid, low-cost multiple sclerosis test, to market.
Researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) have graduated from its latest Commercialisation Bootcamp that runs twice a year.
The bootcamp brought together 21 researchers who worked on 15 commercialisation opportunities. The researchers attended workshops and took part in hands-on activities that taught them about commercialisation.
The program is open to researchers working at UCD and National College of Art and Design (NCAD). It covers areas such as market problems and need, proposed solutions and technological innovation, market opportunity, market validation, commercialisation work plans and funding requirements and planning.
The bootcamp takes place over five weeks. The latest incarnation featured projects such as a faster, less expensive and non-invasive way to diagnose multiple sclerosis and a potential alternative to the soon to be strongly regulated chemical formaldehyde.
Brendan Cremen, director of enterprise and commercialisation at UCD, said: “We are delighted that 135 researchers have now participated in our bootcamp programs to date which demonstrates a high-level of interest by UCD and NCAD researchers in the commercialisation process and the translation of their research outputs into products and services which can impact the economy and society.”
