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Innovation and enterprise

From ideas through to impact

Sydney’s innovation and enterprise ecosystem supports students, staff and alumni to transform ideas into market solutions that create value and contribute to the common good.

Commercialisation opportunities

We have a large portfolio of inventions available for licensing, commercialisation and investment.

Founder mentoring

Our Genesis program supports student founders with mentoring, a supportive entrepreneurial community and a chance to win $30,000 in our biannual startup program.

Startup incubator and coworking space

The Sydney Knowledge Hub facilitates collaboration between academia and industry via training, funding and coworking spaces.

Curricular programs

Our innovation and entrepreneurship units and experiences, both undergraduate and post-graduate, are based on real-problems and incoporate industry partnerships.

Award-winning startup support

Our startup program, INCUBATE, has supported students, alumni and researchers to launch more than 135 startups.

Facilities

Our suite of state-of-the-art facilities allow academics and industry to model, make and measure, develop and prototype new devices and materials.

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Industry partners

Industry partners

Request access to our state-of-the-art facilities or speak to the team at Sydney Knowledge Hub to discuss workspaces on campus or ways to work our academics and students.

Talk to our Commercialisation Office to discuss opportunities to license our intellectual property or other ways to commercialise, or invest in, our research.

Get help from INCUBATE to get your start-up off the ground, discuss the translation potential of your research (via patents, licensing options or spinning out your research as a company) with the Commercialisation office. The Sydney Knowledge Hub offers academics training, funding and support to collaborate with industry partners.

Build your knowledge to get your ideas off the ground. Join our Genesis or INCUBATE programs or undertake other programs for credit towards your degree.

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Research industry partners.

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Active spin-out companies.

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Active invention and copyright disclosures.

Case studies

Powering renewables

Gelion's safe and low-cost: zinc-bromide batteries are powering the renewables revolution and are being manufactured in Western Sydney.

Neonatal resuscitation

ResusRight is improving outcomes for the 10 million babies that experience breathing difficulties at birth each year.

New psychiatric drugs

Kinoxis Therapeutics is developing new treatments for people living with schizophrenia, depression and dementia.

Helping teachers reduce harm

OurFutures Institute assists teachers to deliver evidence-based mental health, alcohol, and substance abuse education.

News and events

14 December 2023

PERIscope puts research translation on the express route

The inaugural round of projects for the PERIscope Commercialisation Award, a scheme which aims to fast-track new ventures and licensing opportunities from University of Sydney researchers, were announced today.

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University spin-off wins research commercialisation accolade

DetectedX, a company spun out of the University of Sydney, has won the Research Commercialisation Award at this year's Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards.

04 January 2023

Professor Anita Ho-Baillie, Professor David McKenzie, Dr Jianghui Zheng and Dr Arafat Mahmud

University of Sydney wins millions to commercialise solar cells

Professor Anita Ho-Baillie is joining forces with Sydney-based renewable technology company SunDrive to commercialise perovskite-silicon cells - a significantly more advanced solar technology than present options on the market.

Partnership encourages innovation in how universities and industry collaborate

Australian universities could be at the global forefront of research translation and commercialisation in health and medicine if barriers to collaboration are overcome and best practice models explored, according to a University of Sydney and AusBiotech report.

Alumni award for innovation that restores sight

Dr Stephen Hicks' cutting-edge work is combining medicine and technology to restore sight to others.

Breast cancer detection spin-out wins AFR Award

DetectedX has won this year's Australian Financial Review High er Education award for commercialisation.

Students work with Singapore airlines

Students share ideas with Singapore Airlines' flagship retailer, KrisShop, on ways to innovate in the Australian market