Mentor4Research 2013
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| Coordinator | KUNGL. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien IVA - Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 4 000 000 |
| Project duration | October 2012 - November 2013 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The purpose is to be a ´catalyst for commercialization of research results´, effects which are more visible in the longer term. Researchers in this year´s program has also been off to a good start and most have developed well. The four specific goals for the program has been reached (number of participants, increased engagement from universities, start evaluation of long term effects, development of ´best practice´)
Expected long term effects
The four specific goals for M4R 2013 has been reached. The participants has overall been very positive to the program (researchers 9,18 and mentors 8,94 on a scale 1-10). As the effects are created over the longer term, those are measured after about five years, where ´success stories´ from previous years have been started to be documented.
Approach and implementation
Every researcher who has been selected to participate in the program gets a hand picked business mentor. In addition to the 1+1 meetings between researcher and mentor there has been several regional and one national meeting. Every researcher has had a Travel Expense Account of 30 000 SEK to allow travels (alone or together with mentor) to create market contacts. The program has been completed according to plan (and under budget).