Championing researchers to accelerate impact
CSIRO: ON Program
● OVERVIEW
Partnering with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), we supported Australian researchers as they endeavour to make an impact.
By joining our accelerator and pre-accelerator courses, researchers could identify and validate problem-solution-market fit, raise their funding, and make an enduring impact. Since commencement, many teams have launched on their own, selling products and services in the global market.
● THE CHALLENGE
As Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO delivers wide-reaching accelerators for the benefit of our people. Their ON program coaches researchers in their entrepreneurial mindset, helping to commercialise their science.
Using innovation, commercialisation and business model design, we co-designed and facilitated the ON program. Every year, our teams work to refresh and enhance the ON program, ensuring the program continues to thrive in the future. Since 2015, ON has partnered with thousands of researchers, entrepreneurs and start-ups - turning technology ideas into real-world impact.
● THE PROJECT
Partnering with CSIRO, we co-designed and facilitated the ON program.
● TOGETHER WE:
Tailored methodologies into usable tools, altering based on technology and investment readiness level
Identified skills and capabilities needed to reflect both theoretical and practical experience
Developed a program that helps technology researchers understand the problem they are solving
● THE RESULT
Since its launch, our design, facilitation and experience has helped increase ON's impact in the industry. Through the CSIRO, ON has supported over 2000 researchers from 38 universities and 4 Australian Publicly Funded Research Agencies.
$45m
in funding raised
45+
Companies launched
150
Jobs created
● THE FUTURE
Between renewable energy, quantum computing and complex health care, graduates of ON are actively solving real world challenges – right now.
Going out in the world to make positive change, they’re also reaching back to influence the next generations. Sharing their experience with institutions, they are changing the culture of Australia’s R&D sector.
● WHAT WE DELIVERED
Human-centred design
Business model innovation
Visual and information design
Leadership
Accelerator and pre-accelerator programs
Coaching and mentoring sessions
Pitching, networking events, and demo days
Interviews
Program recommendations
