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News and Events

MU soy chicken nearly ready for commercial market - Jan 19, 2012
Reliv and Soy Labs Launch LunaRich, a Healthier Soy - Jan 17, 2012
KC Inventor's Shoot A Brew gets Leno love - Jan 10, 2012
MU sells research and diagnostic laboratory for $43 million - Nov 17, 2011
Could the University of Missouri’s Noninvasive Glucose Monitor Revolutionize Diabetes Care? - Nov 08, 2011
Discovery Ridge tenant, RADIL, acquired by IDEXX Laboratories - Nov 07, 2011
DED designates University's Discovery Ridge research park as third Certified Site in Columbia - Oct 27, 2011
Regional collaboration wins bioscience jobs accelerator grant - Oct 04, 2011
Strength of regional health collaborations at the heart of $20 million NIH grant - Sep 28, 2011
UMKC receives $32 million gift to support new Bloch building, complemented by recent Princeton Review - Sep 15, 2011
CNBC ranks Missouri third in nation for cost of doing business - Sep 02, 2011
UM System boosting aid to start ups - Aug 31, 2011
Study by leading brokerage firm lists Missouri in the "Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2011" - Aug 29, 2011
Incubator helps startups survive vulnerable stage - Aug 27, 2011
Reliv to partner with Mexico Plant Science Center - Aug 15, 2011
Experimental Mine again tops Popular Science's 'awesome labs' rankings - Aug 15, 2011
Starting salaries remain strong for S&T grads - Jul 26, 2011
UMSL's research faculty ranks in top 10 in US - Jul 08, 2011
UM System to reduce strategic investment in economic development in light of most recent reduction - Jun 29, 2011
University announces innovative expansion plan for Discovery Ridge Research Park - Jun 27, 2011
Missouri in top 10 for economic competitiveness - Jun 22, 2011
Tax credits boost MU business incubator, - Jun 17, 2011
Universities seek broader approaches to student IP rights - May 18, 2011
University of Missouri Vice President Mike Nichols Appointed to The Missouri Partnership Board of Directors - May 17, 2011
Plant science center helps Missouri remake economy - May 11, 2011

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