m⁴ Scouting & Incubation

The technology transfer organizations of the Munich universities and/or university clinics and the non-university research institutions in the life science sector have joined forces with Bio^M cluster management and drawn up an action plan as part of the joint m⁴ Scouting & Incubation project with the aim of strengthening innovation and start-up activities in the field of Personalized Medicine.

The concept is supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie – StMWIVT). The planned activities will anchor the cluster’s strategic realignment even more firmly in the academic scene and ensure that research projects dedicated to m4‘s future-oriented topics are marketable and efficiently implemented. The aim of the targeted activities of m⁴ Scouting and the m⁴ Award is to identify research results with high innovative potential in the m⁴ target markets and to quickly and successfully translate them into attractive marketable solutions. This will be achieved by a targeted funding programme and professional project management through the m⁴ Incubation Programme and will receive support from the m⁴ Science Club, whose purpose is to bridge the gap between science and industry.