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News and Events

UMKC startup EyeVerify to Bring ‘EyePrint’ ID to Smartphones - May 31, 2013
MU Researchers Develop Radioactive Nanoparticles that Target Cancer Cells - May 30, 2013
Arch Grant winner, Genetix Fusion, receives additional grants from UMSL - May 30, 2013
UM startups, EternoGen and Genetix Fusion, among 20 Arch Grant recipients - May 14, 2013
Building a $325,000 Burger - May 14, 2013
S&T's Yew San Hor receives NSF CAREER award for physics research, education - May 10, 2013
UMSL’s ITE incubator welcomes E.K.G. Life Science Solutions - May 02, 2013
Beyond Meat steps up production, offers products at Columbia grocers - Apr 26, 2013
Organovo Scientists Have 3D-Printed Mini Human Livers for the First Time Ever - Apr 24, 2013
UM System invests up to $250,000 in an MU start-up venture to spur statewide economic development - Apr 04, 2013
Breakthrough Cancer-Killing Treatment Has No Side-Effects, says MU Researcher - Apr 03, 2013
OsteoVantage joins UMSL’s ITE Incubator - Mar 22, 2013
UMSL's Incubator tenant, Retectix, LLC. wins 2013 AUTM Business Plan Competition - Mar 14, 2013
MU Scientists Build Harness for Powerful Radiation Cancer Therapy - Feb 11, 2013
EyeVerify's Vein Popping Password Technology: Interview With CEO Toby Rush - Feb 08, 2013
Digital Sandbox KC Announces Leadership and Processes - Feb 07, 2013
Center for Emerging Technologies looks for more bio entrepreneurs - Feb 06, 2013
Four CET tenants named in top 10 St. Louis startups - Feb 06, 2013
MU researcher to receive National Medal of Science at White House - Feb 01, 2013
UMKC Vision Research Center Awarded National Institute on Aging Grant - Jan 28, 2013
EternoGen presents its technology at the Annual International Master Course on Aging Skin Conference - Jan 28, 2013
S&T's Sriram Chellappan receives NSF CAREER Award for Internet research - Jan 28, 2013
UM System introduces new research opportunity, Four campuses to collaborate for funding - Jan 09, 2013
UMKC Researchers Find New Way of Administering Insulin - Jan 02, 2013
President Obama Honors MU Researcher with National Medal of Science - Dec 28, 2012

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
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