Transferring knowledge to society and industry
‘And then you suddenly own a commercial product’
Knowledge protection helps to find commercial and social partners to apply knowledge and thus create social impact. In addition, as a researcher at RUG and UMCG, you can spend a quarter of the revenues from the commercial application of knowledge for new research at your own discretion. Prof. dr. Erik Frijlink, prof. dr. Hedderik van Rijn, prof. dr. Francesco Picchioni and dr. Eize Stamhuis are partly funding their research from royalties. Their story.
| Last modified: | 07 June 2019 09.06 a.m. |
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