Bridging the valley of death – different approaches, dr alexandros papaderos, technische...

TUM. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY.

Institutional Strategyto promote top-level research

Technische Universität München

The Benefits of Brussels:Opportunities and Challenges for European HE

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Woburn House Conference Centre

TUM Key Data 13 Faculties

36 000 Students, 33% female, 20% internat‘l

11 700 Freshman Students 7 100 Graduates

154 Degree Courses 1.000 Doctorates completed

501 Professors (incl. hospital)

6 200 Scientific Staff Members (incl. hospital)

3 200 Non-Scientific Staff Members (not incl. hospital)

5 000 Publications in peer-reviewed journals

> 1 000 Research Agreements with industry p. a.

200 Invention Reports p.a 50 Patent applications p.a

30 New companies (start-ups and spin-offs) p.a.

Dr. Alexandros Papaderos TUM ForTe Office for Research and Innovation

“… TUM is committed to innovative progress in those fields of science that promise sustainable improvements in the ways people live and live together. …”

Mission statement of the TUM

• “...the commercialization of research results is part of the mission of TUM.“

• “…TUM supports the formation of business entities (spin-offs and start-ups) on the basis of research results in order to pursue the implementation of such results in the form of marketable products, and thereby create new employment opportunities…”

TUM IP Policy

“… act together with economic and professional practice and promote knowledge

and technology transfer.“

University Mission(Bavarian Higher Education Law)


Technology Transfer at TUM is done…


Munich Metropolitan Region

Standorte

Industry NetworkResearch Network

Excellence Initiative in Germany 2006-2012 &

2012-2017:

Phase I 2006-12 Phase II 2012-17

Total Funding € 1.9 bn € 2.7 bn

Institutional Strategies 9 11

Clusters of Excellence 37 33

Graduate Schools 39 45

Total Funding and Number of Projects – throughout Germany


Standorte

54 Mio. €TUM:

Institutional Strategy

Graduate School

Clusters of Excellence

• TUM Faculty Tenure Track• Integrative Research Centers• TUM. Family• TUM. Global• Entrepreneurial University Development

• International Graduate School of Science and Engineering

• Origin and Structure of the Universe – (TUM-Speakership)

• Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM)

• Munich Center for Advanced Photonics (MAP)

• Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM)

• Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy)

Excellence Initiative – TUM Overview


Entrepreneurial University Development

Legal Autonomy

Quality Assurance

Human Resources

Entrepreneurship

Support for Research & Young Scientists

International Media

Vision TUM2020

Peer-review evaluation system

TUM Center for Strategic Leadership in Management

TUMentrepreneurship, TUM IP Competence.

TUM ForTe, Fundraising

Corporate Communications Center


Fields of activity

•Unlock the potential of researchers as

target group

•Pro-active support system for

entrepreneurs

•Optimizing start-up-infrastructure

•Access to experts, partners, investors,

clients

•Best practice-methods, -tools

•Interaction through spatial integration

•Appointment of entrepreneurial

professors

Vision

TUM is the accelerator for growth-

oriented technology spin-offs in four

target-areas

Aim: 10 growth-oriented technology

spin-offs per year

On our way to being the leading European entrepreneurial university


Entrepreneurship Culture

Optimization of Entrepreneurial

Support Structures for

Start-ups

Entrepreneurship Network

Powerful Network of Industry, Funding,

University, and Start-ups

Entrepreneurship Research

Knowledge Transfer for

growth-oriented and technology-based Start-ups

EfficientSpin-off-Process

Focus in ICT, MedTech, CleanTech,

Life Sciences

TUMentrepreneurship: Four Main Strategic Elements


TUM Start-ups – achievements in 2013

• 46 start-ups founded• 24 founding rounds (public und private)• 6 winners of innovation competitions

November 2012

November 2013

NavVis – a start-up by PhD students of the TUM Chair for Media Technology / www.navvis.com


Dr. Alexandros PapaderosDeputy Head ofTUM ForTe Office for Research and Innovation

[email protected]

TUMentrepreneurship is implemented by TUM and UnternehmerTUM and provides a wide range of services to foster the entrepreneurial spirit among students, scientists and TUM alumni


Valorization ofResearch results / technologiesin spin-offs

Development of entrepreneurial talents from science

Development of growth-oriented businesses

Support for the whole start-up process


Monitoring and Evaluation

• Mutual exchange between Entrepreneurship Research and start-up support

• Newly established monitoring system on performance and success of TUM start-ups: Bi-annual survey

• Controlling through KPIs for all measures in the project


Impacts

Individual

•Acceptance towards entrepreneurial thinking and acting among researchers

•Increased capacity to attract third-party funding

•Awareness of alternative career path

•Creation of more successful start-ups

Institutional

•Acceptance of the institutional strategy „The Entrepreneurial University“

•Re-affirmation of external reputation

•Increased interaction between science and society


Lessons Learned - Challenges

•Rules and regulations, e.g. IPR and employment regulations

•Aligning different cultures: industry and academia

•Integrating the Third Mission into the established structures and processes of a university

•Start-up support is time-consuming and personnel-intensive

•Commitment to support entrepreneurship triggers off increasing demands


Lessons Learned – Success Factors

• Holistic approach creates identification point for TUM members

• Open mind and transparent involvement of all stakeholders

• Awareness raising and communication of role models

• Flexible counselling and support services with low entrance barriers


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