UW-Milwaukee: Industry

Industry

The UWM Research Foundation is working to strengthen UW-Milwaukee's ties with industry through research partnerships and commercialization of UWM technology. UW-Milwaukee is an important force in the economic health of the Milwaukee region and can provide industry the talent and technology needed to maintain their global competitiveness.

The UWM Research Foundation provides an entry point for companies seeking partnerships with UW-Milwaukee. Working with the UWM Technology Transfer Office, the Research Foundation supports industry partnerships in the following ways:

Corporate Strategic Partnerships
The Research Foundation is working to develop corporate strategic partnerships with companies in the Milwaukee region and beyond by helping provide these companies a pipeline of talent, access to technology developed at UWM and collaborative relationships with UWM researchers in basic and applied research.

Corporate Sponsored Research
The UWM Research Foundation works with companies to identify researchers working in areas that complement their internal research and development capabilities. Working in partnership with the UWM Tech Transfer Office, the Research Foundation can develop confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements and sponsored research agreements that make corporate research partnerships possible.

Intellectual Property Agreements
Intellectual property is a key competitive element for companies seeking partnership with UW-Milwaukee. The Research Foundation helps develop intellectual property framework agreements that recognize the importance of intellectual property to a companies competitive position while ensuring that UWM's academic and research mission is not restricted.

Technology Licensing
The UWM Research Foundation supports the licensing of certain technologies developed at UWM.

SBIR/STTR Grant Support
The UWM Research Foundation is seeking to develop research partnerships with early stage companies and leverage SBIR and STTR grant mechanisms to advance basic science to the commercial marketplace.