Why Commercialise?

The Benefits of Commercialisation

There are many reasons to consider undertaking commercial activity.  Whether you simply want your research to make a difference in this world, or you are looking to attract additional research funding, commercialisation can help to achieve personal, economic, social and political imperatives.

Some of the benefits to you include:

• Additional funds to undertake new research projects, cover the wages of research assistants and the purchasing of new equipment.
• Professional development and peer recognition; commercial activity can enhance your research profile, and can provide you with additional research outcomes from which to derive publication opportunities.
• The opportunity to apply your research in the community and help to improve people’s health and wellbeing, and societal systems and processes.
• The knowledge that in addition to supporting Flinders’ strategic objectives, you are also contributing to the Australian Government’s national innovation agenda, Powering Ideas, which aims to build a stronger national innovation system to assist in creating a better Australia – one that can meet the challenges and grasp the opportunities of the twenty-first century.