At CUT research, research development, technology transfer, innovation and commercialisation activities are understood to be complementary. These activities form part of what is commonly known as the research cycle.

The research cycle can be described as the process of taking the research problem through various academic stages, such as:

• knowledge generation (postgraduate research),
• knowledge transmission (publications, presentations, and intellectual property),
• knowledge application         
  • spin-in to business and industry, and first step towards third-stream income,
  • spin-out and sustained third-stream income, and
  • socio-economic development.

Innovation brings Solution

Where research is normally understood to have a research question/problem for which a solution must be sought, innovation can be explained as having the solution to the problem which must now be converted into a possible product/prototype that can be commercialised.

The research cycle thus reflects the integration of research, research development, technology transfer, innovation and commercialisation.

• Research Centres
• Strategic Research Clusters
• Graduate School

NRF Rated Researchers at CUT

CUT NRF Rated Researchers | 2023 (PDF)

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