The type of Research & Development (R&D) activities with an external Research End User organisation will depend on the scope and duration of the project and the needs of the organisation.

Examples of R&D activities may include any of the following:

• Working individually, or collaboratively with industry, to apply design thinking and identify and solve real industry problems with recommendations to improve or develop solutions.
• Reviewing the literature & critically assessing new findings, challenging assumptions, conducting evidence-based research and development, testing prototypes, developing or improving product or service design, collecting prototype data, developing prototype protocols, test marketing.
• Collecting field or lab data, managing data sets, modelling and analysing data
• Building algorithms, new programming languages or operating systems.
• Constructing and operating a pilot plant to test and/or improve operations.
• Implementing Phase I, II or III clinical trials.
• Developing new policies and frameworks.
• Developing creative works, delivering live performance of creative works, recording or rendering works and curated exhibitions or events.
• Increasing the knowledge of humankind, culture and society or applying new knowledge through creative works.