Opportunities for companies

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPANIES

How can your company benefit from research collaboration?

DIREC connects your company with Denmark’s leading digital researchers across all eight universities. Through our nationwide network, your business can tap into the latest developments in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and more.

why collaborate with researchers?

Collaboration with digital researchers can help your company innovate and stay competitive by integrating novel solutions and technologies into your products and services.

Key benefits

Access to cutting-edge research
Companies can gain access to state-of-the-art digital technologies developed through interdisciplinary academic research.
Innovation and competitive edge
 It helps companies innovate and strengthen their market position by integrating novel solutions and technologies into their products and services.
Specialised problem-solving
Researchers’ deep domain expertise and problem-solving skills can tackle complex and technical challenges that are hard to solve internally.
Funding opportunities  
Joint projects can receive funding from DIREC and other external funding, giving companies more capacity to pursue ambitious research and development goals.
Attract and develop talent
Collaboration open doors to highly skilled researchers and future employees while creating a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the organisation.

“For Denmark to become a leader in technology, we must strengthen the collaboration between researchers and companies. Industry-research collaboration can provide companies with unique insights and we have seen impressive results when industry and research join forces. It is an investment in long-term competitiveness for Danish companies.”

Thomas Riisgaard Hansen

Director, DIREC

What value have our projects created?

Below are examples of collaborations between researchers and businesses that have created tangible value.

Researchers work to strengthen Beumer’s baggage systems against cyberattacks

AI will be “lane assist” for healthcare professionals in ultrasound scans of pregnant women

Explainable AI will disrupt the grain industry and give farmers confidence

Data detects irregularities before things go wrong

A new data tool can help municipalities make transport solutions more sustainable

Intelligent robots can save billions by preventing production breakdowns

THE VALUE OF COOPERATION: PETER FRANDS FRANDSEN FROM PARTISIA

In the video, Peter Frands Frandsen, COO and Co-founder of Partisia explains how collaborating with researchers translates into commercial value. Partisia is a spinout from Aarhus University and a global pioneer in Multiparty Computation (MPC) and advanced cryptographic enforced privacy.