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News and Events

Nixon: Reactor project could help define Missouri - Aug 10, 2012
Reliv's ProVantage performance supplement adds LunaRich, earns patent - Aug 10, 2012
Chicken substitute to be made in Columbia - Aug 09, 2012
$1M grant to fund ‘Innovation Campus’ at UMSL - Aug 08, 2012
Missouri ranks among top 10 for economic climate - Aug 01, 2012
Gold Nanoparticles Could Treat Prostate Cancer With Fewer Side Effects than Chemotherapy, MU Researchers Find - Aug 01, 2012
UMKC researchers awarded $8.3M NIH Grant to study 'Crosstalk' between bones and muscles - Aug 01, 2012
Missouri Cities Rank Among Most Prosperous for Business - Aug 01, 2012
Supplies Network in Missouri Research Park honored for growth and local collaboration - Aug 01, 2012
S&T Undergraduate's research may lead to new approach to detect prostate cancer - Jul 25, 2012
MU's Research Reactor has history of cancer drug success - Jul 25, 2012
Spinal Cord Injury Research Program gets new director, increased funding - Jul 13, 2012
Walsh-Alberici Team Selected to Build I-64 MO River Bridge - Jul 11, 2012
Organovo Announces Two Issued Patents, First Company Patent and Key Founder Patent - Jul 10, 2012
DED gives incubator $100,000 in credits - Jun 28, 2012
ABC Labs delivers jobs report to county - Jun 27, 2012
Novus Committed to Local, Sustainable Solutions for Growing Global Protein Demand - May 24, 2012
University of Missouri System announces plans to invest up to $600,000 in two start-up ventures - Feb 23, 2012
S&T students win awards for 'smart' grid research - Feb 20, 2012
A promising new soy product emerges from a Mexico Mo., plant science center - Feb 18, 2012
BioGenerator, Center for Emerging Technologies open third funding round - Feb 08, 2012
Soy manufacturer to bring new jobs to Mexico - Feb 08, 2012
CORTEX embarks on growth projects - Feb 03, 2012
St. Louis' bioscience business efforts applauded - Jan 25, 2012
UMKC entrepreneurship school is dubbed as best model in nation - Jan 23, 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
Email: email