Catalyser
NDRC’s Catalyser investment programme is open for applications. We encourage you to contact us to discuss your idea with one of the team. You can download the application form below to better understand what we look for.
Download the Proposal Form.
Through our Catalyser investment programme, NDRC builds joint ventures with research and established company partners to translate research outputs into defined digital product offerings based on novel technology in identified markets. NDRC invests in these joint ventures to accelerate research from idea to income and to create market capital.
- Innovate – research-led ideas, inventions and technologies
- Collaborate – with NDRC and partners with the right expertise in a neutral environment
- Accelerate – bridge the gap between promising research outputs and the marketplace
Through the Catalyser programme NDRC can provide:
- A milestone framework to continually assess commercial prospects and allow for pivoting
- Expertise in commercialising digital innovations from NDRC team embedded in all projects
- Specialist project and product management
- Neutral space alongside other commercially focused projects
- An investment fund for paying the salary of a core team
NDRC works with researchers and companies to develop their proposals. For more information on the programme and to discuss your project idea contact us and we will arrange for you to talk to one of the team.
Evaluation and selection of proposals is then a 2 step process, taking approximately six weeks in total:
1. Your paper proposal is evaluated by 4 independent evaluators, external to NDRC, and selected for their expertise in relation to your proposal area.
2. Based on the external evaluators score and feedback, you may be invited to pitch to NDRC’s Strategic Review Committee who manage NDRC’s investments.
NDRC operates a rolling call for Catalyser proposals, with our Strategic Review Committee meeting every two months.
