THE THINKNG PROCESS
Connect Talent to Industry R&D Needs
We work with industry to curate R&D opportunities, broker and facilitate industry-relevant research projects, match projects with qualified research providers, and manage research execution from brief to delivery — reducing risk and accelerating results.
How the Match Works
Getting the right researcher in front of the right challenge is not luck. It is a structured process.
Private companies rarely have the infrastructure to identify, assess, and engage research providers. Academic institutions rarely have systems to translate industry needs into structured research projects. Thinkng sits in the middle — handling both sides of that transaction with discipline and accountability.
When a business submits a challenge, Thinkng works to understand the problem, define the research scope, and match it with the researcher or research team best positioned to deliver. We then manage the execution: timelines, milestones, quality checks, and final delivery — so neither side has to figure it out alone.
The Process, Step by Step
From challenge submission to delivered research output.
01
Brief
We work with you to define the research question, the outputs you need, the method, the budget and the timeline.
02
Open call
The brief is published on the Thinkng platform, open to any registered provider.
03
Proposals
Research teams, laboratories and independent providers submit proposals against it.
04
Selection
We review and shortlist the proposals and recommend a team. You approve it.
05
Delivery
We contract the provider, manage the project against milestones, and hand over the outputs.

We publish rather than allocate. A brief goes to the market, not to a contact list — which is how a client reaches providers they would not have found, and how a capable research team reaches work it would never have been invited to bid for.

To start a project, see Commission research →
Who Benefits from match
For the businesses commissioning research, the providers delivering it, and the institutions they come from.
Private Sector Partners
Get a defined research brief matched to the right provider, with delivery managed end to end and the IP retained by your business.
Students & Research Talent
Be matched to paid, real-world industry challenges that fit your assessed competencies and build your track record.
Research Institutions
Convert institutional research capability into funded industry engagements, with scope, contracting and delivery handled by Thinkng.
Get in Touch
Submit
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.