Malaysian Technology Development Corporation

Today: 21 May 2013

MTDC Symbiosis

INTRODUCTION

The Symbiosis is a Graduates Entrepreneurship Programme initiated by Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) in its effort to promote commercialisation of public-funded Research &Development (R&D). The objectives of the Programme are:-

To promote the commercialisation of R&D output of public universities and research institutions;
To increase the number of technology-based start-ups;
To equip fresh graduates with entrepreneurial skills; and
To provide employment for fresh graduates in a technology-based industry set-up.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

The Symbiosis programme is run with the collaborating universities in two stages. In the first stage, selected participants will undergo 3 phases of training scheduled within a three-month period. These include:

Phase I: Induction course - Introduction to the researchers and their technologies that have been pre-selected from universities.
Phase II: Entrepreneurship course
Phase III: Commercialisation workshop - modules-based workshop to understand the concept and practices in commercialisation processes.

After the trainings, the participants are required to write and present a concrete business plan on how to commercialise the technology that they have selected.

For stage two, an evaluation process will be carried out where ten best participants are selected to form their own companies to execute their business plan. The companies will receive funding from MTDC and be incubated for 24 months at any one of MTDC's Technology Centres where further assistance will be provided in making sure commercialisation takes place.


	FMBiosis FMBioSis™ is a joint programme to develop qualified young graduates to become bio-entrepreneurs by commercializing locally developed research technologies
	UTM-MTDC Symbiosis Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has become the second collaborator for the MTDC initiated Symbiosis programme
	UKM-MTDC Symbiosis Realising the importance of providing graduates with comprehensive set of skills to lead and manage technology spin-off companies
	NCIA-MTDC Symbiosis The NCIA-MTDC-USM Symbiosis is a collaborative effort between Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) and Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) to promote pre-selected technologies from public universitites and/or research institutions within the Northern Corridor.
	UPM-MTDC Symbiosis Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) led by the Innovation & Commercialisation Centre (ICC) is working closely with MTDC to plan and organise the UPM-MTDC Symbiosis 2009.