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Collaboration with external companies

At MBG Mass Spectrometry Research Infrastructure, we believe in the power of collaboration between academia and industry. Our approach to collaborating with companies spans different phases, ensuring that the partnership is tailored to meet specific objectives and create lasting value.

Initial Meeting: Setting the Stage

Every successful collaboration begins with a conversation. In our initial meeting, we explore the challenges, goals, and opportunities that your company seeks to address. This stage lays the foundation for a fruitful partnership, where we align our expertise with your unique needs.

Short-Term Collaboration: Immediate Solutions

For short-term objectives, we offer the Fixed Assignment option. This phase involves quick and targeted solutions:

Analysis and Reporting: Our specialists are equipped to provide precise analysis and comprehensive reporting, addressing your immediate needs.

Result and Knowledge Transfer: We not only deliver results but also facilitate knowledge transfer, ensuring that you gain insights beyond the data. This phase focuses on value creation through rapid problem-solving.

Medium-Term Collaboration: In-Depth Knowledge Generation

When your objectives require a deeper dive, our Phase-Separated Assignment is the way forward:

Knowledge Generation: Collaboratively, we embark on a journey of knowledge generation. This phase is characterized by a series of tasks and milestones aimed at uncovering new insights and solutions.

Knowledge Transfer: As knowledge accumulates, we actively share it with your team. This two-way transfer of expertise ensures that your company is empowered with newfound knowledge.

This medium-term collaboration fosters value creation by enriching your organization's understanding and capabilities.

Long-Term Collaboration: Building Strategic Partnerships

For long-term, strategic objectives, our approach extends to Project Development and Application:

Project Development: Together, we conceptualize and develop projects aligned with your strategic goals. This phase often involves applying for external funding to support your vision.

Application: We assist in the application process, leveraging our expertise to secure necessary resources and support.

Strategic Partnership: The culmination of our collaboration results in a strategic partnership. In this phase, we jointly undertake projects that transcend traditional boundaries.

Shared Knowledge Generation: Our shared team of specialists works in harmony to generate knowledge, driving innovation and progress.

Shared Value Creation: The synergy of our efforts leads to shared value creation, where both academia and industry benefit from breakthroughs and advancements.

Through this comprehensive journey, we demonstrate our commitment to enabling collaboration that not only addresses your immediate needs but also drives long-term success and shared value. At MBG Mass Spectrometry Research Infrastructure, we stand ready to join you on this exciting path of exploration, discovery, and innovation.

Short-term

Short-term – Operational

Specialist-2-Specialist Value Creating Solutions

Are you in need of quick, precise answers for your operational challenges? Our short-term collaboration option is designed for specialist-to-specialist interactions, delivering value through expert troubleshooting, identifying unknowns, and confirming knowledge. We offer two primary service packages:

a) Analysis-2-Result

You provide us with a prepared sample, and we handle the sample analysis, utilizing our cutting-edge equipment. The result? A comprehensive data file with all the information you need. This service is billed per analysis and requires that you together with your own specialist takes on the data analysis.

b) Fixed Assignment

Our recommended short-term solution involves you providing the samples and questions, while we provide the answers. Upon completion, you'll receive a detailed report of the results and an opportunity for a knowledge transfer meeting. Costs are determined by the number of specialist hours and analyses required

Medium-term

Medium-term – Tactical

Your On-Demand Specialist for Knowledge Generation

When you seek a tactical approach to your mass spectrometry needs, our medium-term collaboration offers valuable knowledge generation and contract research. This partnership can address a variety of objectives, including process optimization, contract research, and open assignments with agreed-upon subtasks and deliveries. We offer one flexible service package:

On-Demand Specialist

You provide samples and questions, and we provide the answers and collaborate on knowledge generation. Throughout the engagement, we deliver interim reports for each subtask/delivery, ensuring transparency and adaptability to your evolving goals. Costs are based on specialist hours and analysis requirements, often resulting in co-authorship opportunities.

Long-term

Long-term – Strategical

Shared Team of Specialists for Research and Development

If your company is focused on long-term strategic goals and research partnerships, we offer a unique opportunity for value creation through research and development. This type of collaboration involves research partnership.

You share your strategic aims with us, and together, we build a dedicated team of specialists to craft a project customized to your goals. Additionally, we offer guidance and support in seeking funding from diverse sources, including options like GUDP, IFD, MUDP, Eurostars, and more. The cost of this collaboration varies based on funding opportunities, with the potential for your initial investment to more than double through secured public and external funding.