Research Opportunities
We help researchers transform ideas into marketable technologies and news innovative business


Research Opportunities
Strengthen your research project
With HIT you can:
- scan the market/industry landscape where your idea better fits;
- assess the TRL – Technology Readiness Level of your research;
- design exploitation actions and go-to-market strategy;
- identify alternative funding opportunities;
- advise on intellectual property and patenting strategy, in line with procedures of institutions

Research Opportunities
Promote your technology
With HIT you can:
- assess the commercial potential of your technology;
- identify applications for market and for society;
- engage with industry, third sector and PA partners;
- prepare proof-of-concept projects for technology maturation;
- learn how to effectively present your technology to potential buyers.

Research Opportunities
Develop your startup
With HIT you can:
- learn the key skills you need to start a high-tech company;
- build your business idea and verify the sustainability of the business;
- validate your idea gaining feedback from potential clients;
- find the best funding opportunity to develop your business;
- get visibility to your startup idea.
Want to know more? Go to our entrepreneurial programmes page
Feasibility study
We promote technological maturity processes through proofs-of-concept, testing innovative solutions deriving from research technologies that could be integrated into the production processes of interested companies, or included in startups deriving from the world of research.
Specifically, HIT supports its scientific partners in preparing proof-of-concept projects, funded by private or public institutions (for example private foundations, national funds, venture capital operators, European programs) with further enhancement as their aim.
Supported PoC project applications
Projects funded
Total value in euro
2020 Case history
Progress Tech Transfer, UniTrento and HIT announce a € 200,000 loan for hi-tech felt offering effective protection against extreme cold, a technology developed by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento.
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