Slide One - The Big Picture (Context, Problem, and Impact)
Purpose
Provide a clear and engaging overview of the research problem, its significance, and why it should matter to potential collaborators.
Recommended structure
- Title - Engaging and concise (e.g., a question, bold statement, or key problem)
- Content - Key research problem or challenge: What gap or issue is being addressed?
- Why it matters - Explain the broader impact on society, industry, health or technology, etc.
- Visual element - A compelling image or diagram that drives home the problem or impact (avoid overcrowding the slide).
Key tip
Avoid jargon and discipline-specific terms; speak broadly to help others outside your field connect.
Example
- Title - "Can We Revolutionize Cancer Care Using Personalized Robotics?"
- Problem - Current treatments for cancer lack real-time adaptability to individual patients.
- Why it matters - Personalized adaptive solutions could save millions of lives.
- Visual - A side-by-side comparison of traditional and adaptive cancer therapy outcomes.
Slide Two - Our Collaboration Achievements, and Needs
Purpose
Describe your research progress and clearly highlight what you need from potential collaborators.
Recommended structure
- Title - " How You Can Help"
- Content - Brief overview of your current solution or approach: Explain your methodology or innovation (briefly).
- Key achievements or current progress - Provide 1-2 quick highlights of success (e.g., publications, prototypes, promising preliminary results).
- Collaboration opportunities - Be very specific about what expertise, resources, or perspectives you need from others.
- What’s in it for them - Why collaborating with you could benefit the other party.
Key tip
End with a clear and compelling call to action for collaboration.
Suggested categories for collaboration needs
- Technical expertise - “We need expertise in AI/ML to analyze large-scale genomic data.”
- Equipment/facilities - “Access to advanced microscopy would speed up our material analysis.”
- Cross-disciplinary insights - “We’re looking for social scientists to study user behavior in our health tech project.”
- Data sharing/resources - “We’re seeking collaborators with clinical trial data to validate our model.”
Example
- Title - "Partner with Us to Design Adaptive Cancer Treatment Devices"
- Approach - Developing sensor-based robotic systems that deliver real-time cancer therapy adjustments.
- Achievements - Completed prototype with promising initial test results in lab simulations.
- Collaboration needs
- Biologists to test the device’s real-time impact on different cell lines.
- Data scientists to optimize the feedback algorithms for therapy adjustment.
- Clinicians interested in conducting small-scale patient trials.
- Final call - “With your collaboration, we can translate this into clinical success.”
Timing Breakdown (Five Minutes Total)
Slide one (two minutes)
Explain the problem and why it’s important.
Slide two (three minutes)
Focus on the solution, progress, and detailed collaboration needs.