To meet emerging global challenges, a well-built link between research organizations, entrepreneurs and funding institutions is need of the hour. Pakistan Science Foundation had established Industrial Liaison Group (ILG) to facilitate contact between stakeholders. ILG is focused on applied research. It pursues a client-centered model, aspiring to join researchers and business community. ILG’s roles and responsibilities include identification, co-ordination and funding research projects. The aim is to augment indigenous technology usage to fortify socio-economic-development.

To achieve economic payback from research, involvement of a serious end-user is indispensable. End-users can be from private sector, government and semi-government organizations or any potential entrepreneur. In this way, results drawn from research can be delivered to industry to make it more efficient, productive and cost beneficent.

ILG gathers marketable research projects from Chambers of commerce, Industry, experts and workshops/seminars/symposia while Pakistan Science Foundation provides funds.

ILG can embark on projects from diverse areas which may contribute towards socio-economic-development. So far, ILG has undertaken about forty-five projects of applied nature from a variety of disciplines like chemicals, petrochemicals, corrosion engineering, fuels and lubricants, bio-technology, environment, wildlife management, agriculture, mineral sciences, herbal medicines, food sciences, power engineering etc.

In addition to this, ILG is also working to develop Technology Transfer Packages (TTP) for different organizations.