Working Student Research-Based Venture Development & Funding Strategy

Working Student Research-Based Venture Development & Funding Strategy

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is one of the world's leading organizations for application-oriented research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society – more precisely: 30 000 people from technology, science, administration and IT. They know: Anyone who comes to Fraunhofer wants to and can make a difference. For themselves, for us and for the markets of today and tomorrow.

Future. Discover. Together. Our AI department develops technology with real-world impact, from making AI more transparent and trustworthy to applications in health, science and industry. We aim to move these innovations from the lab into practice through spin-offs, partnerships and collaborative research. As part of our commercialization team, you will apply business research methods to support the launch of a spin-off and to strengthen the department’s research funding strategy.

Be part of change

• Conducting structured literature, technology, market and competitive research to provide a scientific context and identify potential fields of application in the field of XAI
• Providing scientific input for the preparation of research proposals, in particular through research and analysis of application potential, scientific utilization, expected impacts and transfer prospects of research results in the field of XAI
• Systematic documentation and synthesis of findings from completed and ongoing research proposals to support scientific project planning and grant applications in the field of XAI

What you contribute

• Full-time enrollment in a Master’s program in business administration, economics, innovation management or a related field, with strong grades and a research-oriented focus
• Solid grounding in empirical research methods (quantitative and/or qualitative), demonstrated, for example, through your thesis, research seminars or work as a student research assistant
• Familiarity with literature on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology transfer or venture capital