AIRTO member Earlham Institute’s two-year Entrepreneur in Residence award will see serial entrepreneur Fiona Nielsen developing and delivering initiatives to support the translation of research and fostering an entrepreneurial mindset among the Institute’s staff and students.
Fiona Nielsen
The scheme aims to increase the knowledge and awareness in UK universities and institutes of cutting-edge industrial science, research, and innovation.
As the Institute’s first Entrepreneur in Residence, Fiona Nielsen will help to design and develop projects to upskill staff and students in some of the basics, such as identifying intellectual property, proposition development, market analysis, and networking skills.
Working closely with the Business Development and Impact team, she will run a series of seminars and interactive workshops for both research and operational staff. These are designed to boost knowledge and familiarity with the process of continuous innovation for commercialisation of products and services from the Institute. She will also run an internal ideation competition to highlight and celebrate some of the best ideas for research commercialisation.
