CSIRO ON program offers Aussie researchers free entrepreneurial upskilling

The return of CSIRO’s ON program marks Australian researchers’ opportunity to build their entrepreneurial and commercialisation skills.

ON is designed to help lab-based teams commercialise innovative research by working with the CSIRO on developing the necessary skills for commercialisation.

The free upskilling program is comprised of ON Prime, focused on marketing skills, and ON Accelerate, which focuses on business skills.

CSIRO CEO Dr Larry Marshall said the program can help all Australian researchers bridge the gap between the lab bench and business.

“The unique combination of ON and special access to the national science agency’s networks and resources, helps scientists bridge the valley of death that separates research from business,” he said.