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SU Business Launchpad to boost entrepreneurship in South Africa

Student entrepreneurs and aspiring business ventures will soon have a home in the heart in Stellenbosch.

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Research at Stellenbosch University

Showcasing research excellence

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Where does your invention/idea fit in the technology readiness levels continuum?

The concept of technology readiness levels (TRL) is adapted from the commonly used NASA TRL and is aimed to help researchers and technology transfer professionals to contextualize early stage inventions and/or ideas in terms of its readiness for technology transfer and commercialization.

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Company Announcement: Stellenbosch University new spin off solar company- GeoSUN Africa

GeoSUN Africa was launched in November 2012 and is a spin-off company of the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES) at the University of Stellenbosch.

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SU launches SIC 2013

Stellenbosch University (SU) is creating a space for hopeful entrepreneurs to convert imaginative energy into a profitable reality – all they need is a good idea and the willingness to put in the hours required to develop their idea into a viable business.

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Where does your invention/idea fit in the technology readiness levels continuum?

The proposed model (adapted from the commonly used NASA TRL) is aimed at helping researchers and technology transfer professionals alike to contextualise early stage inventions and/ or ideas in terms of their readiness for technology transfer and commercialisation.

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Implementing the new Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Funded Research and Development Act at Stellenbosch University

The introduction of the new IPR from Publicly Funded Research and Development Act is a significant milestone in empowering local universities in their negotiations with industry partners regarding research funding and managing the results resulting from such research. The importance and value of intellectual property, which until recently was a vague term in the language of most academics, was highlighted and prominence was given to it at all levels of the University. TTO made use of the opportunity to educate academics and to increase the disclosure rate at our University, which we have successfully achieved.

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University offers research to firms

Stellenbosch University is opening up its intellectual property vault, and giving companies free access to its technologies.

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From Maties to Mars

Dr Jakob van Zyl, an ex-Matie and a member of the team responsible for the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, recently visited Stellenbosch. Dr van Zyl addressed students and staff at Stellenbosch University at a special Mavericks event, hosted by InnovUS on Monday, 3 September 2012. Dr Jakob van Zyl is the associate director of Project Formulation and Strategy at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which was responsible for the Curiosity mission to Mars. Read more about Dr van Zyl and his visit to Stellenbosch.

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Business incubation requires a combined effort

In SA, business incubation could be a very powerful tool for meeting important current economic and socioeconomic policy requirements, including: employment and economic growth, support and development for small, medium-sized and micro enterprises, technology transfer, innovation, and creating links between universities, research institutions and industry.

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