Take Your Research Beyond the Lab | Invitation to the NTK Knowledge Transfer Academy

​What happens when research leaves the lab?

​A licence? An industry collaboration? A spin-off?

​The NTK Knowledge Transfer Academy is a hands-on, project-based programme where researchers and aspiring venture builders work together to turn promising research into real-world impact.

​Over eight interactive modules, you will work on a real research or technology project — exploring its application potential, IP and competition, talking to potential customers, testing the business model, planning funding and next steps, and ultimately pitching the project to experts and investors. This is not another lecture series: expect practical work, mentor feedback, customer validation and plenty of challenging your own assumptions.

​Choose your role

​🔬 Research Project Lead
Bring your technology, research result or research area and explore what it could become. You don't need a business plan, a prototype or even a clear commercial application yet.

​Apply as a Research Project Lead →

​🚀 Venture Collaborator
Bring your skills in business development, product, finance, law or marketing and get the opportunity to join one of the participating research projects.

​Apply as a Venture Collaborator →

​📍 National Library of Technology, Prague
📅 October 2026 – April 2027
💬 In person & in English
🎟 Free of charge
⏰ Apply by 20 September 2026

​Come with research or skills. Leave knowing how to move a real technology forward.

​Explore the full NTK Knowledge Transfer Academy programme →

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