EternoGen and HLB Horizons, first EIP recipients

EternoGen and HLB Horizons, first EIP recipients

On February 23 the university announced its investment of up to $600,000 in two start-up ventures: EternoGen and HLB Horizons. Click here to read the official news release.

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Homegrown Innovation

Homegrown Innovation

A promising new soy product emerges from the Missouri Plant Science Center. Click here to learn about the successes taking place in Mexico, Mo. and the university's role in its development.

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MU researcher’s photoacoustic device finds cancer cells

MU researcher’s photoacoustic device finds cancer cells

Watch this video to learn about the University of Missouri researchers working to detect melanoma cancer at the cellular level, long before tumors have a chance to form.

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2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Report

The University of Missouri System is proud to invest in our state’s prosperity. Through a synergistic strategy that embraces investment, innovation and infrastructure as its crucial pillars, we deliver a profound impact on Missouri and its citizens.

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Parks and Incubators - Infrastructure
Research and Intellectual Property - Innovation
Funding Opportunities - Investment

FY11 Tech Transfer Data

Invention Disclosures Received: 157

Licenses/Options Signed: 110

Active License/Option Agreements: 231

Gross Licensing Income: $7,760,000

Number of Startups: 5

 

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Research & Economic Development

Research Parks & Incubators

The University of Missouri System’s statewide network of research parks provides a thriving environment for discoveries to move from the laboratory to the marketplace. The atmosphere of innovation and collaboration attracts national and international tenants who create quality employment opportunities for Missouri citizens and millions of dollars of capital investment across the state.

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Office of Intellectual Property Administration

The Office of Intellectual Property Administration (OIPA) supports the economic development mission by encouraging broad practical application of university research for the public benefit; assisting those associated with the technology transfer program with evaluating, protecting, licensing and commercializing university discoveries; and carrying out new economic development initiatives designed to create jobs in Missouri.

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Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research and Economic Development is dedicated to commercializing university technologies - one of the biggest challenges to that mission is funding. To proactively combat the constant obstacle, the office has formulated different funding programs for faculty, students and innovations in all stages of the discovery process.

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Office of Research & Economic Development

The Office of Research and Economic Development was established in 2005 to link research and commercialization from the four University of Missouri System campuses with emerging and existing firms across the state and around the world. Working closely with the chief research officers, chancellors and technology transfer offices from each campus, the office also serves as a conduit to local, state and federal agencies to ensure research results aid the growth of Missouri’s economy.

The Office is dedicated to advancing Missouri through innovation, investment and infrastructure.

Our enthusiasm for these three categories revolves around the development of intellectual property, funding programs and research parks and incubators. Providing support during critical stages in university inventions’ path to the marketplace stimulates Missouri’s economy, jobs and entrepreneurship.

Our vision is to enable and lead Missouri’s transformation toward a knowledge-based economy dependent upon innovation and entrepreneurship.

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309 University Hall
Columbia MO, 65211
Phone: 573-882-6726
Email: email