The Summer Match for Researchers

Take your research further with the Summer Match. Make the most of your research and take your idea to the next level.

The Summer Match

Get the most out of your research and take the next step to reach out with your research and create benefit for the society. The Summer Match is an entrepreneurship program at the business incubator LEAD that focuses on helping develop ideas generated from research at Linköping University towards market-adapted products and services. Through five weeks of intensive work by students from Linköping University, the Summer Match gives your project new opportunities through, for example, market analysis and mapping.

How it works

The aim of the Summer Match is to give your project what it needs to reach the next stage. You set a goal for the students working on your project, such as carrying out meetings with potential customers, testing the solution in realistic terms or making the first deal with a customer.

From a researcher’s perspective

Entreprenörsprogrammet som skapar nytta av forskning

Magnus Jonsson, Professor at Linköping University, participated with his research in the Summer Match 2021; a new type of sensitive temperature sensor, manufactured through printed electronics. For five weeks during the summer, two students performed market verification of the idea, which involved trying to identify and evaluate potential uses and customer segments.

Sommarmatchen produced very interesting results that we are now working on to take SensEats to the next step. It was fun and educational to work with driven and talented students within Sommarmatchen, whom I can warmly recommend to other researchers.
Magnus Jonsson, Prof. LiU

The application

Who can apply?

Do you own the idea and are you employed by Linköping University?
Is your idea contributing to sustainable growth, connected to SDG?
Is someone available for contact during the period (weeks 24, 25 and 26)?
Can someone be available during the introduction sessions (April / May)?
Is someone available at the end of the program (mid / end of August)?
Can you concretize appropriate goals for the students?
Can you concretize the skills you are looking for in students?

If you checked all the boxes above, you are qualified to participate in the Summer Match.

How do I apply?

A clear assignment that explains what everyone involved can get out of the work results in better applications, so it is worth investing some time in writing an interesting project description.

Do you have a research idea that you want to discuss to take the next step and possibly participate in the Summer Match? Fill in the application form below, and we will contact you to discuss it further.

Questions about the program?

Magnus Krogh

Business coach

magnus.krogh@lead.se

0764-06 04 05

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Contact Person

Mail

LiU-ID (one of idea owners)

Phone number

Idea/project name

I/we own the idea and/or the IP behind the idea

Yes No

The idea is not already commercialized*If a company (or other legal entity) has been formed, owning the intellectual property rights to the idea, the idea owner is not eligible for support if the business concept’s commercial potential is considered validated by the market, e.g.:

- If the company conducts business activities related to the idea, which includes non-negligible revenues from sales;

- If the company has received external capital through loans (excluding soft loans), or issues of shares to external private investors.

- If a significant portion of the shares (40% or more) in the company is controlled by others than the innovators. ‘Innovators’ refers to the team of people who will operationally realize the idea together.

There is not already a company founded (based on the idea) having regular revenues or having external investors funding it with capital (LiU Invest excluded)

Yes No

Do you have an Innovation adviser from LiU?

LiU offers innovation advisors either from LiU Innovation or Student Innovation by LiU, if you have an innovation advisor, choose your advisor in the list below:

Do you have a Business coach from LEAD?

LEAD is the Business Incubator connected to LiU. Have you been in contact with LEAD before? If yes, who is your Business Coach?

Location

Linköping Norrköping Other

Elevator pitch

Outline your idea for a product/service/solution and how it will solve the customer’s problem. Be concise, to-the-point (1-2 sentences).

Need: What is the problem your solution solves and for whom?

Describe the customer’s or market’s key problem or unmet need are you addressing. Who is the customer, i.e. having the problem/need and is willing to pay for resolving it? What will happen if the need is not met? Can you somehow quantify the market (overall size, prices, growth trends, geography, etc.)?

Approach: What is unique about your solution and how does it meet the need?

Describe your solution, broadly speaking, and the most important aspects of your approach (strategy, business model etc.). How will this approach allow you to reach the customers and address their need?

Benefits: What value is created for the customer by your approach?

Describe the benefits a customer will experience by using your approach. Can you quantify the value (money/time/convenience/improved quality etc.) for the customer? At what cost for the customer, e.g. investments in rebuilding and/or reorganizing to implement?

Competition: In what way is this approach different and superior to the alternatives?

Describe the competition, i.e. other ways of addressing the same problem/need. Why does your solution represent the best value for the customer? Can you name some competitor companies?

Status of your business creation

How would you describe the current situation of development of the idea in a commercial direction? Self-assess what you have achieved team-wise, customer-wise, IP-wise and technology-wise in the dropdown menus below.

Customer Readiness

Team Readiness

Technology Readiness

Intellectual Property Readiness

Next step

What do you see as the next step in your commercialization journey?

Team

Who is behind the idea? What kind of knowledge/background do you bring to the project? (State the names of all initial founders and their roles within the project/company)

Other information you think is relevant?

Confirmation

The application above does not contain detailed information about the invention that may be sensitive in relation to patenting.

I have not disclosed any IP sensitive information in this application form

GDPR

I agree that LEAD handles my data in accordance with integritetspolicyn.

Let us help you explore the market needs and find a strategy for commercializing your innovation. We provide students and employees at Linköping University support to carry out initial verification activities with the aim of supporting the commercialization, application and exploitation of innovative ideas and business concepts. The verification support is funded by the Vinnova program ‘Verifiering för Tillväxt’ (VFT).

The Summer Match for Researchers

The Summer Match

How it works

From a researcher’s perspective

Entreprenörsprogrammet som skapar nytta av forskning

The application

Who can apply?

How do I apply?

Questions about the program?

Magnus Krogh

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The Summer Match for Researchers

The Summer Match

How it works

From a researcher’s perspective

Entreprenörsprogrammet som skapar nytta av forskning

The application

Who can apply?

How do I apply?

Questions about the program?

Magnus Krogh

Apply for The Summer Match

Financiers

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