Explore entrepreneurship as part of your research journey
At Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship, we can support you if you have research results, idea or leads with potential that you are curious to explore further.
Offerings & facilities
1:1 Sessions
If you have an idea you would like to pursue, we offer project planning, business development and coaching to support you in developing your business.
Proof of concept (POC) grants
Grants to support researchers in developing and testing research-based ideas with innovation and startup potential. Two types available: Discovery and Bridge. Read more.
Connections to entrepreneurs
If you have an invention you’d like a CSE team to help build, we can connect you with entrepreneurs who can assist you in taking your idea further.
Utilise your expertise
If you have expertise you’d like to lend to other research enterprise teams as an advisor, we connect you with the latest innovations coming from Denmark’s universities.
Workshops & events
If you are interested in building entrepreneurship skills to complement your research, we offer workshops and events to help turn research into a business or follow-on research project.
Meeting rooms
Access to 12 meeting rooms in varying sizes. Some including screens and whiteboards.
Proof of concept (POC) grants
Proof-of-concept grants for CBS researchers
Curious about the impact of your research—or exploring entrepreneurship? CBS now offers POC grants to support early ideation and validation of innovation and startup projects.
These grants can help shape ideas into projects with societal impact and may pave the way for further funding, such as Innoexplorer. Open to all CBS researchers, with teams including CBS students or external partners.
Two types of grants are available: Discovery and Bridge, managed by CSE.
Open Entrepreneurship
Through the Open Entrepreneurship initiative all Danish universities collaborate on turning world-class research into world-class companies.
We support researchers on their entrepreneurial endeavors by facilitating connections, offering business development skills, and providing the tools to create research-based enterprises. To find out how this could be relevant for you, contact our Project Lead, Marianna Lubanski, mal.cse@cbs.dk.
Open Entrepreneurship is powered by the Danish Industry Foundation and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
Listen to our podcast series
Did you know that less than 15% of PhDs end up in a tenure track academic career? The good news is that there are other exciting, fulfilling, flexible career paths which you can shape yourself. Entrepreneurship is one of the alternative paths that you can explore while still in academia, together with Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE).
In this new podcast series, “The Search for Impact through Entrepreneurship”, our host will interview current and former researchers from Copenhagen Business School exploring entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship is not just about starting a company. By developing your entrepreneurial mindset, you will be better able to:
Generate research ideas that meet an actual need and validate whether they have the potential to become a viable business.
Grasp the fundamentals of creating a novel startup.
Take the steering wheel in your current research and future career.
Cultivate innovative thinking and presentation skills.
Navigate how to collaborate with tech transfer and innovation officers.
Listen to the episodes below and stay tuned for more to come.