For Universities, National Laboratories, and Innovation Programs
Research translation has evolved.
The way we develop researchers should evolve with it.
Angelique Adams Media Solutions helps research institutions prepare researchers to engage effectively with the people, programs, and opportunities that move research toward impact.
The Hidden Bottleneck in Research Translation
Research institutions have built increasingly sophisticated infrastructure to move research toward impact. But those systems still depend on researchers engaging effectively with people outside their technical domains.
Yet researchers are rarely prepared systematically for that role.
Researcher Engagement Is an Institutional Capability
Researchers can learn how to prepare for stakeholder interactions, understand what different audiences need, communicate the relevance of their work, and continue productive conversations.
When these behaviors become explicit, teachable, and repeatable, institutions no longer have to rely on individual experience to make research translation work.
Institutional Outcomes You Can Rely On
- External Stakeholders: Clearer, more productive interactions with researchers who understand how to communicate relevance and engage beyond the technical details.
- Commercialization and Institutional Partners: Less time interpreting and reframing technical work, with shared language, clearer expectations, and stronger coordination around researcher engagement.
- The Institution: A repeatable capability for effective researcher engagement across programs, pathways, and individual researchers.
Commercialization Catalyst™
Commercialization Catalyst™ is a cohort-based professional program that helps research institutions systematically develop researcher engagement capability.
Through structured learning, practice, feedback, and coaching, researchers build practical skills they can apply across pathways to impact.
The goal is not to give researchers a new role. It is to help them engage more effectively within the role they already have.
What Predictable Engagement Looks Like
- Preparing intentionally for stakeholder interactions
- Communicating clearly for the audience and situation
- Participating meaningfully in conversations
- Following through to maintain momentum
- Connecting opportunities to the right institutional partners
The RAMP Framework
Commercialization Catalyst™ develops researcher engagement capability through the RAMP Framework, a practical system for engaging stakeholders, communicating value, and increasing impact.
Together, these capabilities provide a repeatable foundation for effective researcher engagement across
Developed Across Research Environments
The foundations of this work began in corporate R&D and evolved through application in national laboratory and university research environments.
- Former Chief Innovation Officer
- Advisor to national laboratories and research universities
- 2025 Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Innovation Award
- Professor of Practice, University of Tennessee
What Institutional Leaders Observe
“The advantage was building a common language and relationships with the Commercialization Managers and the Principal Investigators.”
Susan Ochs, Engagements Program Manager, Oak Ridge National Lab
How Ready Are Your Researchers to Engage?
The Researcher Readiness Assessment helps identify strengths and gaps in the researcher engagement practices that support research translation.