Industry Alliance Office
A dedicated front-office, the Industry Alliance Office, representing the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam and offers the internal scientific expertise and facilities to the industry. The main focus of the Industry Alliance Office is to become the preferred partner for the development of treatments and diagnosis of neurologic and neuropsychiatric diseases by investing in endurable strategic alliances. Hereby, a translational link between scientists and industrials will be created. The aim will be to deliver value for the industry by offering tailor-made services in neurosciences, to build sustainable relationships with clients and to generate external revenues. The latter is an integral part of the business model, since new funding can be allocated to invest and further expand in the scientific excellence of the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam regarding disease-orientated brain research.
The Industry Alliance Office manages, coordinates and initiates commercial activities of the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, and stimulates valorisation and commercialisation within the institute. The organisation has a lean structure consisting of a management team supported by Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam and under direction of the CEO of the institute, in addition to project management and business consultancy dedicated on a project-basis. This organisational structure will be upscaled when success and efficiency of the Industry Alliance Office is validated in the period 2012-2014.
The internal value of the Alliance Office is to structure collective approaches for attracting means of funding to further support scientific research. Due to this approach it is believed that a shift can be established from single-based projects to long-term collaborations, whereby funding on a systematic basis and with higher gain can be achieved, and scientific objectives and challenges can still be met. Furthermore, the project coordination of collaborative projects with Industry will be managed by the Industry Alliance Office.
