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SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) can help you to maximise the impact of your research and find new funding and collaboration opportunities.

The concept of TRL is a means to manage the development of a technology toward a practical application. Comprising 9 levels corresponding to validation phases, it is generally divided into 3 time periods based on the predominant character of the work at a given time in the innovation process.

The Invention Disclosure is a single form provided by your KTO to start the process of valorising the results of your research. In the first instance, you will provide a brief description of your invention here: this is the Announcement of Invention. After this,...

“Design” is a discipline that is characterised by a set of methods, questions and techniques which provide a complementary perspective to technical and marketing approaches. Design is different from designs, which are means of protecting the intellectual property of your product.

The patent is an industrial property right which gives the patent owner the exclusive right to exploit an invention and exclude others from so doing as from a certain date and for a limited period. In return, the technical information relating to the invention must be disclosed in the patent application so that anyone can reproduce it.

It is important as soon as possible to identify in which context your software will be distributed: commercially? open source? This choice has a strong impact on your research as it could open or close doors. It will also help you identify what you should or shouldn’t do in terms of collaboration, code reuse, and distribution.