These designations are internal NanoTRIZ program roles only. They do not imply employment, university academic rank, faculty status, degree enrolment, or accredited qualification status.

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6. Research and Venture Tracks

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6.1 Research Program

The NanoTRIZ Research Program supports structured research-development activities, including topic selection, literature review, responsible AI-assisted workflows, academic writing, scientific communication, portfolio development, internal review, and project-based outputs.

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Possible outputs may include:

• research proposal;

• short report;

• review-style article;

• perspective-style paper;

• visual abstract;

• presentation;

• conference-style abstract;

• SciViD-style media output;

• manuscript draft;

• portfolio artifact.

 

Advanced outputs are subject to student performance, project suitability, review, and available supervision. No publication, DOI, journal acceptance, conference acceptance, scholarship, admission, funding, patent, or external recognition outcome is guaranteed.

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6.2 Venture Program

The NanoTRIZ Venture Program is a selective project-based track for technical participants, builders, engineers, AI developers, prototype creators, and innovation-oriented collaborators. Possible project areas may include:

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• AI research workflow tools;

• scientific visualization;

• research automation;

• simulation and validation workflows;

• SciViD infrastructure;

• TRIZ-based invention tools;

• education technology prototypes;

• deep-tech venture concepts.

 

Venture Program participation does not create employment, equity, partnership, co-founder status, revenue share, ownership rights, or commercial rights unless these are expressly agreed in a separate signed written agreement.

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7. Fees and Digital Workflow Access

NanoTRIZ may charge program fees, infrastructure fees, platform access fees, or project-specific fees depending on the relevant program, track, cohort, or agreement. Fees may support:

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• digital research workflow infrastructure;

• AI-assisted research tools;

• templates and learning materials;

• mentor coordination;

• review processes;

• hosting and storage;

• portfolio-development infrastructure;

• SciViD-style preparation where appropriate;

• administration and program operations.

 

Fees do not purchase academic credit, degree enrolment, accredited training, authorship, publication, admission, scholarship, visa outcome, employment, or guaranteed external result.

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Fee exemptions, scholarships, sponsored places, venture-builder arrangements, or affiliate arrangements may be offered at NanoTRIZ’s discretion and must be confirmed in writing.

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8. Merit-Based Participation and Progression

Selection and progression are based on factors such as:

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• motivation;

• academic or technical background;

• project suitability;

• research readiness;

• communication ability;

• execution capability;

• quality of deliverables;

• academic integrity;

• responsible use of AI tools.

 

Progression from one track to another is not automatic. NanoTRIZ may decline, pause, suspend, or terminate participation if a participant does not meet expected standards, breaches integrity expectations, misrepresents their role, or fails to complete agreed milestones.

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9. No Employment Relationship

Unless expressly stated in a separate signed agreement, participation in NanoTRIZ does not create an employment relationship.

Participants are not entitled to employee benefits, superannuation, paid leave, workers’ compensation, employment protections, wages, contractor payments, or other employment-related entitlements by virtue of participation alone.

Participants may not represent themselves as employees, staff members, managers, officers, agents, or authorised representatives of NanoTRIZ unless expressly authorised in writing.

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10. Authority to Represent NanoTRIZ

Participants and collaborators may not sign contracts, make commitments, issue offers, recruit students, accept payments, negotiate partnerships, use NanoTRIZ branding, or represent NanoTRIZ externally unless expressly authorised in writing.

NanoTRIZ may require immediate correction or removal of misleading public statements, websites, profiles, social media posts, or marketing materials.

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11. Intellectual Property

NanoTRIZ does not claim ownership over a participant’s pre-existing intellectual property, prior work, prior publications, personal portfolio, or independently developed background materials.

Intellectual property created during NanoTRIZ participation will be governed by the relevant written agreement, project terms, authorship policy, collaboration terms, or commercial agreement.

Participants must not submit, upload, disclose, or use confidential information, third-party intellectual property, unpublished data, employer materials, university materials, proprietary code, images, datasets, or restricted content without appropriate permission.

Commercialisation, equity, revenue share, IP assignment, licensing, confidentiality, authorship, and spin-off rights must be governed by a separate written agreement where applicable.

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12. Authorship, Credit and Publications

Authorship, acknowledgement, affiliation, and contribution statements must reflect actual intellectual and technical contributions.

NanoTRIZ does not sell authorship, publication, DOI assignment, conference participation, patents, or academic credentials.

Outputs such as papers, preprints, SciViD-style media, abstracts, book chapters, technical reports, patent materials, or conference submissions are subject to quality review, contribution standards, editorial processes, and external decision-making where applicable.

No participant is guaranteed authorship, publication, acceptance, citation, indexing, DOI assignment, conference presentation, patent filing, scholarship, admission, or external recognition.

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13. Public Affiliation and CV / LinkedIn Use

Participants may describe their NanoTRIZ involvement only in a way that is accurate, proportionate, and not misleading.

Recommended format:

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[Internal Role], NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — internal non-accredited project role within a research-development and innovation workflow. Focus: [specific project, deliverable, or function].

If the participant has a primary school, university, employer, or institutional affiliation, NanoTRIZ should normally be listed as a secondary, project-based, affiliate, or portfolio role unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Suggested affiliation for outputs substantially developed through NanoTRIZ, where appropriate:

NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This affiliation should only be used where the work was genuinely developed, reviewed, supervised, or supported within the NanoTRIZ framework.

 

14. Prohibited Public Statements

Participants must not use wording that falsely implies employment, university appointment, accredited education status, enrolment, or formal academic rank.

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14.1 Do not imply employment

Prohibited unless expressly true under a separate agreement:

• “Employee at NanoTRIZ”

• “Full-time staff at NanoTRIZ”

• “Research Scientist, NanoTRIZ”

• “Manager at NanoTRIZ”

• “NanoTRIZ representative”

• “NanoTRIZ agent”

 

14.2 Do not imply university faculty rank

Prohibited:

• “Professor at NanoTRIZ”

• “Assistant Professor at NanoTRIZ”

• “Faculty Member”

• “Lecturer at NanoTRIZ”

• “University supervisor at NanoTRIZ”

 

14.3 Do not imply enrolment or degree candidacy

Prohibited:

• “Student at NanoTRIZ”

• “Enrolled at NanoTRIZ”

• “PhD Candidate at NanoTRIZ”

• “NanoTRIZ degree student”

 

14.4 Do not imply accreditation or degree authority

Prohibited:

• “NanoTRIZ University”

• “NanoTRIZ Graduate School”

• “Accredited degree provider”

• “AQF qualification provider”

• “CRICOS provider”

• “RTO provider”

• any wording implying TEQSA, ASQA, AQF, VET, university, or CRICOS recognition unless such recognition has been obtained and publicly confirmed.

 

15. External Institutions, Conflicts and Primary Obligations

Participants are responsible for ensuring that their involvement with NanoTRIZ is consistent with the policies of their school, university, employer, funding body, scholarship provider, or other primary institution.

NanoTRIZ does not require exclusivity unless agreed in writing.

Participants must disclose potential conflicts of interest where relevant.

 

16. Under-18 Participants

Participants under 18 require parent or legal guardian consent.

NanoTRIZ may also require school or provider consent where participation is connected to a school, college, pathway provider, or other education institution.

Under-18 participants may be restricted from commercial projects, confidential work, venture projects, higher-risk activities, or public-facing outputs unless appropriate consent and safeguards are in place.

 

17. Data, Privacy and Communications

Participants may be required to provide personal information, academic background, CVs, portfolios, project materials, or communication details.

NanoTRIZ will use such information for application review, program administration, communication, project management, internal review, documentation, and related purposes.

Participants should not submit sensitive, confidential, third-party, restricted, or proprietary information unless authorised and necessary for the project.

 

18. Termination or Suspension

NanoTRIZ may suspend or terminate participation where a participant:

• misrepresents their role or affiliation;

• breaches academic integrity expectations;

• misuses AI tools;

• fails to meet agreed milestones;

• breaches confidentiality or IP obligations;

• behaves unprofessionally;

• makes misleading public statements;

• damages NanoTRIZ reputation;

• violates these Terms or any project-specific agreement.

NanoTRIZ may require correction or removal of misleading role descriptions, claims, publications, profiles, or marketing materials.

 

19. No Guarantees

NanoTRIZ does not guarantee:

• publication;

• DOI assignment;

• journal acceptance;

• conference acceptance;

• university admission;

• scholarship award;

• funding;

• employment;

• internship;

• visa outcome;

• migration outcome;

• patent filing;

• patent grant;

• investment;

• commercial success;

• academic appointment;

• external recognition.

 

All external outcomes depend on independent third-party decisions, participant performance, project quality, eligibility, and applicable rules.

 

20. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia.

If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.

 

21. Contact

Questions or notices related to these Terms should be sent to:

founder@nanotriz.com