Support for researchers
As a researcher or doctoral student at Malmö University, you are offered support in the utilisation and implementation of research-based knowledge, tailored to the needs and conditions of your project. You retain ownership of your idea and research results. Our support is designed to enable you to continue your research while simultaneously developing your idea.
Coaching and counselling
Could your research be implemented outside of academia? Are you interested in mapping out your options and finding out which possibilities are at hand? Take the opportunity to meet with an Innovation Advisor and start your journey towards research impact.
Funding to develop and test innovative ideas
Up to 300 000 SEK
The assessment and development of research-related ideas and concepts often require money and resources. This may involve, for example, conducting preliminary market research to obtain information on user needs, funding patent applications or verifying results for future commercial use.
MaU Innovation, is in charge of the Vinnova-funded programme Verifiering för tillväxt (VFT) at Malmö University. The verification support is used to test and validate innovative ideas and applications, based on research results or knowledge assets at Malmö University.
Examples of verification support activities:
Customer needs analysis
Verification of production methods
Analysis of regulatory requirements
Technical verification aimed at minimising project risk.
Patent and/or trademark protection.
Protect your results
Parallel with a publishing strategy, it is important to consider how to handle new results from research. Intellectual property rights are about the ownership of the tangible expression of an idea and some form of intellectual property protection is often a prerequisite for the successful commercialisation of an idea.
Protecting your intellectual assets may involve applying for a patent, registering a design patent, or signing a contract for a method or idea. By involving us at an early stage, we can help you develop a sustainable strategy to protect your idea based on your specific circumstances.
Process development, methodological support and strategic collaboration
Are you looking to strengthen the societal impact and utilisation of your research? MaU Innovation offers qualified support for researchers aiming to develop approaches, methods, and strategies that promote research utilisation and collaboration.
You can receive support in areas such as:
– Process support for individual research projects and funding applications.
– Methodological guidance to identify and develop approaches that enhance research utilisation.
– Support for process development in collaborative projects with external stakeholders.
– Strategic advice for research centres and smaller research teams seeking to develop their impact strategies.
By working systematically with innovation-oriented processes and methods, the likelihood increases that research results will be of benefit to society — across industry, the public sector, and civil society. This also strengthens the relevance and impact of research projects in applications and evaluations.
Investing in projects and ideas
Our Innovation Advisors will help you verify your idea and make it a reality. The verification process identifies the target audience, stakeholders, suppliers, etc. We go through processes, economic models, sustainability strategies and team building. When the idea is ready, you can choose to move on to Mau Holding, which can help with investment on the path to commercialisation.
Mau Holding
MaU Holding is Malmö University’s holding company and forms part of the university’s innovation ecosystem. Its mission is to ensure that knowledge benefits society by supporting the creation of new companies based on research and knowledge generated at Malmö University.
To assess whether your project is commercially viable and thus eligible for MaU Holding’s involvement, it must first pass MaU Innovation’s verification process