Bring Research to Product and Practice
- Are you developing a technology that can be translated as a real-world application?
- Do you have an invention that needs a patent and licensing?
- Are you considering partnerships with industrial partners?
- Perhaps you are starting your own small business to drive your research product to market.
Resources below provide information about translating your research into product and protecting your intellectual property.
Collaboration
Master Research Agreements (MRAs)
Agreements between WU and company partners with the aim of establishing a long-term strategic relationship that may include multiple projects involving the University and company. Contact researchcontracts@wusm.wustl.edu.
National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) and WU Partnership
WU partnership in the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network. Aim: to amplify the collaboration between the government and private sector and redefine the National Security Innovation Base.
SBIR/STTR
Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship
Advising WU faculty and small companies founded by WU personnel on university policies and administrative requirements for proposals and startup companies
Entrepreneurship and Acceleration
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic
The WU Law School Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property (EIP) Clinic
The Clinic offers business and transactional legal advice and services to new and emerging nonprofit and qualifying for-profit organizations. Under the supervision of experienced transactional and intellectual property attorneys, student attorneys work directly with entrepreneurial organizations serving the community.
Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship
Advising WU faculty and small companies founded by WU personnel on university policies and administrative requirements for proposals and startup companies
The Skandalaris Center
Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An interdisciplinary center striving to develop creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Washington University.
Invention Disclosure, Patents, and Licensing
Office of Technology Management
Mission: Pair cutting-edge WU research with expertise and exceptional service in order to create a pipeline of opportunities that can benefit society.
OTM acts as a resource for faculty in the areas of copyrights; patent prosecution; material transfer agreements; consulting agreements; marketing; licensing
Resource List
The Skandalaris Center
Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship
An interdisciplinary center striving to develop creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Washington University.
Office of Technology Management
Mission: Pair cutting-edge WU research with expertise and exceptional service in order to create a pipeline of opportunities that can benefit society.
OTM acts as a resource for faculty in the areas of copyrights; patent prosecution; material transfer agreements; consulting agreements; marketing; licensing
National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) and WU Partnership
WU partnership in the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network. Aim: to amplify the collaboration between the government and private sector and redefine the National Security Innovation Base.
Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
Guide and procedures to sharing materials with partner institutions and researchers
Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship
Advising WU faculty and small companies founded by WU personnel on university policies and administrative requirements for proposals and startup companies
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic
The WU Law School Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property (EIP) Clinic
The Clinic offers business and transactional legal advice and services to new and emerging nonprofit and qualifying for-profit organizations. Under the supervision of experienced transactional and intellectual property attorneys, student attorneys work directly with entrepreneurial organizations serving the community.