COE Office of Research

Upcoming Events

VertueLab (formerly OBEST) SBIR/STTR Phase I worshop series. Cost: Free. Apply here.

VentureWell E-Teams Winter Cohort applications due October 3, 2018. See short opportunity summary below.

Resources

Do you wonder about the commercial value of your research work?  Find out for yourself! COE Students and Faculty are encouraged to pursue commercialization of research products.

OSU provides resources to estimate commercial value and societal impact of your research product:

• Contact an Intellectual Property Specialist
• OSU OCCD Inventor Resources - check the Start-Up guidlines document
• Submit an Invention!
• Explore the market opportunity with the Advantage Accelerator
• OSU Venture Development Fund (annual request for proposals)
• ONAMI's Free Science Entrepreneur Series

External Development Funding Sources

• VentureWell: student teams validate technology commercial opprotunity (requires Faculty principal investigator)
• NSF I-Corps: Faculty-Student-Mentor teams develop commercialization strategy. Proposal are accepted any time with prior invitation by NSF I-Corps Program Officer.
• Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program: funds small business and university collaborative R&D with potential for commercialization
• The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: funds small business R&D with potential for commercialization

You can talk directly with Program Managers at federal agencies about the fit the invention/research to SBIR/STTR. Here is how to prepare for the conversation.

Here are a few recent startup successes.

Contact COE Proposal Support team to discuss the requirements for any of these programs.