Information for Queen Mary researchers
We work with around 150 Queen Mary researchers each year to assess the viability of their inventions.

Commercialising your innovation lets you achieve greater impact beyond academia. So how do you do it? Every technology is different, but broadly there’s an established path:
Stage 1: Disclosure. Tell us your idea. We’ll help you develop the opportunity, validate the market, protect the intellectual property, and secure translational funding.
Stage 2: Building the business. We’ll work with you to build the venture and craft a business plan or license proposal. We’ll help you attract investment or a licensee, bolstered by Queen Mary’s own investment fund.
Stage 3: Launch and growth. We’ll ensure your spinout or license is properly set up. For spinouts, we’ll continue to offer support to help you recruit a leadership team and grow your business.
Sound simple? There’s a lot of two steps forward one step back, but we’re here to guide you through!
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Intellectual property
Queen Mary’s IP policy sets out how IP is created and owned
Commercialisation and benefit
Queen Mary’s Commercialisation and Benefit Sharing policy sets out how university IP is commercialised and how rewards are shared.