FINEST intends to provide the postgraduates students with an excellent inter- and transdisciplinary education as resource managers. The courses offered by the FINEST Research School equip them with a vast amount of  knowledge in transfer-related aspects.

FINEST transfer design stresses an important fact: driving forces in the presented research design are dominantly academic. The topic does not particularly serve a specific need of the market. It has its origin in providing a major optimization of waste flows in the industrial circular economy. Consequently, FINEST mostly addresses low to mid technology readiness levels (TRL) and lacks market-pull forces. Facing this initial setting, FINEST suggests a transfer design that optimizes a well-structured research-push situation from its beginning. Common models for the applicability of the FINEST transfer design indicate an elevated uncertainty for the FINEST technologies. In order to provide access to reduced uncertainty levels the design for knowledge transfer plays a decisive role.

FINEST defines two major priorities:
(1) policy appraisal for market shaping and public purpose and
(2) encouraging a knowledge transfer through careers.

After graduation the FINEST PhD’s will potentially get actively involved in transformation processes in relevant industries.

The FINEST Transfer Desk is a virtual office that links the carrer and transfer offices of the FINEST partners. The goals of the desk as well as the processes that are established to ensure the success of the entity are further described in the guideline of the transfer desk.

Materials are essential for the FINEST researchers to conduct their experiments. Preferably, these aterials come from the industry as real world material. In order to facilitate the transfer of material, the FINEST Transfer Desk developed an OpenMTA (Material Transfer Agreement) all partners of FINEST can use to regulate the receipt of (real world) material from industry.