What support do students urgently need to start their own businesses? What influences the enthusiasm of the research team to transform the results? Where are the shortcomings of scientists' entrepreneurship ... Exploring the "last mile" of industrialization and encouraging young teachers and students to write their papers on the ground is the key direction of Tianjin University's research since it carried out the theme education on learning and implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Since the beginning of this year, the Tiankai Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Park (hereinafter referred to as "Tiankai Park") built with the efforts of the whole city has been regarded as a new source of urban innovation and development. Yang Xianjin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin University, issued a call to all teachers and students who are interested in innovation and entrepreneurship - to make contributions to Tiankai Garden! He looks forward to giving full play to the university's advantages in innovative talents, knowledge and culture, accumulating strength to carry out leading scientific and technological research, producing more original results, and serving the high-quality development of the regional economy.
Cultivate the innovation and entrepreneurship ecology and raise 36 million yuan in innovation and entrepreneurship bonuses... Tianjin University has come up with the most cutting-edge scientific research results, selected projects suitable for industrialization, prepared sufficient venture funds, and brought funds into the market to create a "big" stage for young people's scientific and technological innovation dreams.
Selection of cutting-edge scientific research results
On the occasion of the unveiling of the highly anticipated Tiankai Garden, Tianjin University used a series of "firsts" to show the genes of China's first government-run university that have lasted for more than 100 years - innovation and hard work.
Issue the first invoice, apply for the first intellectual property rights, sign the first technology development contract, the first scientific and technological achievement transformation contract... Tianjin University selected the first batch of 28 cutting-edge scientific research achievements, as well as "hardcore" projects suitable for industrialization.
Hu Mingli, the leader of the ultrafast laser laboratory of Tianjin University and professor of the School of Precision Instrumentation, came with the world's cutting-edge scientific research results. Since the birth of femtosecond laser technology, his ultrafast laser laboratory has been at the forefront of femtosecond laser technology. He and his team brought a femtosecond microfabrication-based glass welding application project. Simply put, the double-layer vacuum glass using femtosecond laser welding technology can reach or even exceed four layers of three-cavity building material glass with heat insulation and sound insulation performance, "if it can be widely promoted and used in the future, it can make great contributions to energy conservation and emission reduction."
Today, China has entered the ranks of innovative countries, and knowledge has become the most important component of production factors. Universities are the rich mine of "Zhiben", and Tianjin University, which is known for its engineering disciplines, continues to dig gold in the "Zhiben" bonanza.
According to statistics, the number of authorized patents of Tianjin University has increased year by year in recent years, with more than 2,400 patents in 2022, including many patent gold awards. Through several surveys and investigations, the school aimed at the needs of the industry, and the first projects selected were urgently needed for regional economic development. At the same time, the university selected 34 reserve projects, involving new energy materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, Internet of Things, big data and artificial intelligence, biomedicine and other fields, and has a special person to continuously track and evaluate the maturity of project technology, and choose the best to settle in Tiankai Park.
"There are many laboratories in Europe and the United States, and their basic research and cutting-edge technologies lead the development of the industry and are the hidden champions of the industry." Wang Tianyou, vice president of Tianjin University, said, "We encourage scientific research teams to be such hidden champions, and Tiankai Garden is a good carrier. ”
A new path to the construction of a university science park
What exactly do teachers and students need to start a business? Tianjin University adheres to the problem-oriented approach, conducts detailed research through seminars, questionnaires and other methods, and explores a set of innovation and entrepreneurship "Tianda Model", namely the science and technology park construction and operation mode of "school guidance + government support + enterprise operation", the secret of scientific and technological achievements transformation of "scientist + investor + entrepreneur" and the entrepreneurial pillar combination of "venture capital fund group + entrepreneur club + university science park".
"Be the first partner on the road of alumni entrepreneurship." This is the mantra of Liu Yi, dean of Xuanhuai College of Tianjin University. He is the first private entrepreneur in mainland China to serve as the dean of a university entrepreneurship college. Under his suggestion, Beiyang Haitang Venture Capital Fund, initiated by well-known alumni of Tianjin University, used the power of capital to accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and solve the problem of "last mile" of scientific and technological achievements.
Every month, investors will visit the laboratory and communicate with researchers under the guidance of the alumni association, cooperation office, technology transfer center and other departments. Well-trained "matchmakers" have a keen sense of smell and can help entrepreneurs quickly find scientific research projects of interest.
While researching and promoting improvement and innovation, Tianjin University simplifies the approval procedures and shortens the process for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements on campus for entrepreneurial teachers, students and alumni, and opens an on-campus "green channel" for intellectual property rights to be invested in shares. The university is the first university in Tianjin to adopt the mode of investing in the price of scientific and technological achievements of colleges and universities.
Through continuous research and analysis, this year Tianjin University will also introduce measures to increase the proportion of income retained by the transformation of achievements in the Tiankai Park project, gradually improve the management methods of Tianjin University's achievement transformation, and arrange special personnel to provide one-to-one services for each settled team in the first batch.
Today, Beiyang Haitang Fund has built a characteristic service chain of "discovery, empowerment, acceleration and investment", and has linked nearly 4,000 Tianda alumni, nearly 1,500 entrepreneurial projects, and more than 200 financial institutions. In the past two years, more than 120 enterprises have been registered and moved into the Tianda Science Park, of which 11 enterprises have received a total amount of equity investment of 584.5 million yuan.
"Tianjin University has embarked on a new path for high-quality construction of university science and technology parks." Jin Donghan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University, said.
Build an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem
In Building 5 of Tiankai Garden, Li Shuangyang, a 2020 doctoral student at the School of Chemical Engineering of Tianjin University, "opened" Tianjin Xinmai Lianqu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which is one of the first batch of student entrepreneurship projects settled in Tianda. As a post-95 entrepreneur, Li Shuangyang looks forward to realizing his dream in this new entrepreneurial hot land.
He led the team to develop the world's first small-caliber artificial blood vessel with accurate visualization in vivo, which has completed preclinical biosafety performance testing and large-animal experiments. There are about 330 million cardiovascular disease patients in China, and Li Shuangyang hopes that through his research, cardiovascular disease patients can use high-quality and low-cost domestic advanced products as soon as possible.
However, the product development cycle is long, the investment is large, and the risk is high. Li Shuangyang said frankly that if the product is put into large-scale production, it is still necessary to take the "last mile" of industrialization, and this student team still faces many practical problems.
With the help of the Tianda Alumni Foundation, Li Shuangyang obtained several million yuan of angel investment intentions, and also planned to build a 10,000-level clean workshop in Tiankai Park.
In order to help more start-up scientific research teams take the first step of innovation and entrepreneurship, Tianjin University has built an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem composed of "nine ones" such as venture capital fund group, innovation and entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurship competitions, and entrepreneurship acceleration camps to help teachers and students master more comprehensive entrepreneurial knowledge and capabilities.
Tianjin University alumni entrepreneurs raised 10 million yuan as a special fund to reward outstanding projects of college students; Donate 36 million yuan to fully support the construction and development of entrepreneurship colleges, and support young people to pursue their dreams with real money.
The atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship affects every teacher and student on campus. Tianjin University has issued a policy to support students to retain their student status and leave school to start a business, and in-service faculty and staff can leave their posts to start a business, and encourage some faculty and staff with enthusiasm and ability for innovation and entrepreneurship to work part-time in enterprises.
Yang Xianjin said that he hopes that in the future, 10% of the students in the school will have the opportunity to learn innovation and entrepreneurship courses, 5% of students can be guided by innovation and entrepreneurship mentors and participate in various practical training, "maybe 1% of students will choose to start their own business after graduation, and a considerable number of them can still succeed."
Since the launch of the theme education, Tianjin University has sorted out three rounds of problem lists, and 12 topics have been investigated by the team led by university leaders, and more than 120 investigations have been carried out; There are 304 research topics at the academy level, and they are conducting research according to the plan, and they will make changes immediately when they encounter problems, and strive to combine theme education with improving the ability to serve economic and social development, so as to truly make education, science and technology, and talents "trinity" and jointly support high-quality development.
China Youth Daily / China Youth Net reporter Hu Chunyan Correspondent Zhao Hui Source: China Youth Daily
Source: China Youth Daily