Commercialization and industry liaison services at 91亚色 in the past聽have been delivered via two units: the Intellectual Property & Research Agreements unit (IPRA) within the Office of Research Services and an industry liaison unit called Innovation 91亚色 located at the Markham Convergence Centre. IPRA supported commercialization activities and research agreements, whereas Innovation 91亚色 focused primarily on developing relationships between 91亚色 faculty members and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) within the 91亚色 region. The arrangement created a聽difficult environment for faculty members and industry to navigate.聽

The Markham Convergence Centre

Following an environmental scan of best practises in Canadian universities, the division of the VPRI聽developed a plan to combine and expand upon the services of the two units under the unifying banner of Innovation 91亚色. The 鈥渘ew鈥� Innovation 91亚色 will provide increased support and enhance coordination of the commercialization activities and the development of relationships between academic researchers and industry.

鈥淚 am pleased to announce an expansion of services under the umbrella of Innovation 91亚色. The unit aims to provide an integrated suite of services to the 91亚色 research community, in order to facilitate research, translate research outcomes, and continue to develop a culture of industry-engaged scholarship,鈥� said Hach茅.聽 鈥淲e value the research partnerships we have made throughout the past year and hope to continue to further develop our existing partnerships and new ones, both in 91亚色 region and within the broader global community.鈥�

Robert Hach茅

Under the leadership of Sarah Howe, the new Innovation 91亚色聽will set聽out to create a strategic office within the division of the VPRI that supports the interaction between faculty members, trainees and industry in a multitude of ways including, the management of agreements, the facilitation of innovative research partnerships and internship opportunities, commercialization of intellectual assets, and the support of entrepreneurship and start-up acceleration activities.

As the new commercialization and industry liaison office for 91亚色, Innovation 91亚色 provides services to faculty members, trainees, and industry within four service streams:

• Agreements - Innovation 91亚色 will manage the agreement process on behalf of researchers and 91亚色 in order to effectively facilitate research projects and commercialize intellectual assets.
• Industry Liaison聽- Innovation91亚色 will initiate and foster relationships between91亚色 faculty members, trainees, and industry, in order to create actionable research projects infused with industry-research dollars.
• Commercialization -聽Innovation 91亚色 will work with faculty members and trainees to assist them with commercializing their intellectual assets, in order to maximize the social and economic impact.
• Entrepreneurship & Start-up Acceleration聽- Innovation 91亚色 will provide accelerator space within the Markham Convergence Centre for faculty and trainee start-up companies, in order to provide a professional place of business.

In order to ensure that this suite of services is robust and effective, Innovation 91亚色 will enlist the assistance two key external partners: MaRS Innovation and VentureLab.

MaRS Innovation (MI), an organization that commercializes some of the key research breakthroughs from 16 of Toronto鈥檚 top universities, medical institutions, and research institutes. MI selects key discoveries from91亚色and in collaboration with Innovation 91亚色, advances their commercialization path through industry partnerships, licensing arrangements and spin-off companies. MI leverages its assets, along with government funds and other member resources, to develop and commercialize these high-potential technologies.

VentureLab is the regional innovation centre within the 91亚色 region. Innovation 91亚色 and VentureLab work together to support faculty and student entrepreneurs as they incorporate and grow startup companies. In addition, the two organizations work together to create innovative research partnerships between academic researchers and VentureLab clients.

The new Innovation 91亚色 aims to build on these existing partnerships and work to provide broad opportunities for faculty members and trainees to obtain regional, national, and global industry support for their own academic research and commercialization opportunities.

For additional information, please contact Sarah Howe, director, Innovation 91亚色, at showe@yorku.ca or ext. 20579.

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IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School鈥檚 Intellectual Property聽& Technology Law Program, and OCE, a not-for-profit corporation that drives the commercialization of Ontario academic research, recently signed a memorandum of understanding to solidify the program.

Above: From left, Trish Barrow (director of Commercialization & CCR, Ontario Centres of Excellence), Osgoode students Shirley Bai, Rita Gao, Sebastian Talluri, Andrea Dias, Hashim Ghazi and Professor Giuseppina D'Agostino (founder & director, IP Osgoode).聽Missing from the photo is student Jeremy Loeb.

鈥淚ntellectual property law is a key component in Ontario鈥檚 and Canada鈥檚 innovation agendas,鈥� said Stan Shapson, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research and innovation. 鈥淭he IP Osgoode/OCE project reflects our expanding research partnerships with industry and community partners and will further stimulate knowledge transfer between academia, government and industry groups pursuing innovative agendas.鈥�

The IP Osgoode/OCE project will be launched as a 12-month pilot program with approximately six Osgoode students assisting OCE-supported companies with numerous IP matters 鈥� from patents to trademarks to copyright. The program will provide students with a combination of IP law theory and practical experience, while OCE is better able to support promising new companies, including helping them reduce start-up costs.

鈥淭his is a groundbreaking initiative for a law school to have a formal collaboration with a proven innovation driver such as OCE, at this level,鈥� said Osgoode Professor , founder and director of IP Osgoode.

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鈥淭hese companies are at the early growth stage,鈥� D鈥橝gostino said. 鈥淭hey need help from a very early point without having legal fees and various other costs choke them before they can get up and running. Having our IP students involved with these OCE-supported start-ups while聽at the law school will minimize the companies鈥� IP costs because our students will be working pro bono.鈥�

Initially, the students will explore general areas of IP, with a special focus on patent law. The students will then be engaged in a variety of IP activities such as reviewing IP licensing transactions, performing prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches, assisting with the preparation and filing of provisional patent applications, and conducting legal research.

To better enable the students, OCE鈥檚 CCR will provide $30,000 for the project鈥檚 operating budget.聽OCE will work with IP Osgoode and聽a clinical supervisor to select the most suitable OCE-supported companies, based on the skills and knowledge of the participating students, the scope of potential projects that may come from a particular company, and other factors that are consistent with the program鈥檚 overall goals.

鈥淥CE鈥檚 Centre for Commercialization of Research is delighted to be working with IP Osgoode on this initiative,鈥� said Tom Corr, OCE president & CEO. 鈥淪tarting with a solid IP strategy is essential to the successful commercialization of leading-edge discoveries. The companies we work with have limited resources, but tremendous potential. This partnership with IP Osgoode will solve problems at a crucial time for start-up companies that are poised to create jobs and strengthen Ontario鈥檚 economy.鈥�

鈥淔or many high-potential start-ups, their IP is their most precious commodity,鈥� said Mario Thomas, senior vice-president, Ontario Centres of Excellence, and聽managing director, Centre聽for Commercialization of Research. 鈥淚P protection is vital for technology companies to get their products to market, so the value of this legal expertise and guidance provided by IP Osgoode cannot be stressed enough.鈥�

Osgoode Dean also applauded the partnership, describing the IP Osgoode/OCE project as 鈥渁 robust collaboration that will extend the classroom into the realm of real-world IP issues and benefit both Osgoode IP students and the start-up companies.鈥�

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鈥�91亚色 has become one of Canada鈥檚 fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,鈥� said Stan Shapson (right), vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色. 鈥淲e typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. Joining MaRS Innovation allows us to deliver the most competitive commercialization services to the researchers making these discoveries. We鈥檙e confident that membership in MaRS Innovation will boost that number and accelerate the commercialization of 91亚色鈥檚 most promising research.鈥�

Earlier this year, 91亚色 launched its office. Based in 91亚色 Region, Innovation 91亚色 works with other partner organizations in the Markham Convergence Centre to build upon research partnerships between 91亚色 researchers and life science and technology companies based in 91亚色 Region and the Greater Toronto Area. It鈥檚 also making 91亚色鈥檚 research and infrastructure more accessible to industry, government agencies and community partners.

Joining MaRS Innovation will further extend 91亚色鈥檚 commercialization contacts. In less than two years, MaRS Innovation has assessed聽more than聽400 research disclosures from members such as the University of Toronto and its 10 affiliated teaching hospitals, as well as Ryerson University.

MaRS Innovation has begun to line up investment funding to take the discoveries with the greatest commercial potential to market, creating companies and jobs, and starting industries. In 2011 alone, MaRS Innovation has spurred the creation of five new enterprises based on the groundbreaking discoveries of its members.

鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that 91亚色 has decided to become one of our members." said聽Rafi Hofstein, president聽& CEO of MaRS Innovation. "91亚色鈥檚 national and international reputation for groundbreaking discoveries is growing quickly, and many of their research initiatives are highly complementary to the technologies that we鈥檝e been helping to commercialize over the past two years.鈥�

To become a member of MaRS Innovation, an academic and research organization must have intellectual property in life sciences (drug discovery, medical devices, diagnostic imaging, etc.), information and communications technologies (ICT), cleantech and digital media.

MaRS Innovation is supported by the Government of Canada through the (NCE) to focus on turning inventions into real commercial opportunities. Both the Province of Ontario鈥檚 (MRI) and Ottawa have provided essential financial support for Proof of Principle programs聽鈥� NCE, through the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, funded the turning of inventions into real commercial opportunities; and MRI, through Ontario Centres of Excellence, has been supporting MaRS Innovation鈥檚 Proof of Principle (PoP) program.

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91亚色 has answered this challenge by launching (IY). Strategically located in 91亚色 Region, IY is the public face and conduit between 91亚色 researchers and their applied research partners who will collaboratively grow their ideas and introduce new products and services to the marketplace.

Above: From left, Peter Pekos, chair of VentureLab;聽Markham-Unionville MPP聽Michael Chan; Frank Scarpitti,聽mayor of the聽Town of Markham; Ontario's Minister of Research & Innovation Glen Murray; Richmond Hill MPP Reza Moridi; 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri; and 91亚色 Vice-President Research & Innovation Stan Shapson

IY will provide commercialization and knowledge mobilization services to industry, public sector organizations and academic researchers while playing a strong role in supporting VentureLab, 91亚色 Region鈥檚 Regional Innovation Centre, which was officially opened yesterday by Ontario's Minister of Research聽& Innovation Glen Murray.

鈥�91亚色 is proud of our partnerships with governments, academic institutions and industry,鈥� said 91亚色 President and Vice-Chancellor, Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淭his collaborative approach allows our researchers and industry stakeholders to engage and share ideas, a concept that complements 91亚色鈥檚 interdisciplinary approach to research and learning.鈥�

Right: Click on the photograph to view a Flickr slideshow of images from the opening of the Markham Convergence Centre and Innovation 91亚色

鈥�91亚色 is 91亚色 Region鈥檚 research and innovation university,鈥� said Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淲e have a critical role to play in collaborating with entrepreneurs, industry and municipal partners to develop new ideas, products and services that will help Ontario gain a competitive advantage in the global economy. IY鈥檚 presence throughout 91亚色 Region will make the world-class expertise of over 1,500 researchers integral to accelerating R&D growth and strengthening communities where people want to work and enjoy a high quality of life.鈥�

IY鈥檚 location in the , along with VentureLab and other key collaborators, presents unique opportunities.

鈥淎cross 91亚色 Region, there are impressive sectoral strengths in information technology, environmental technologies and the life sciences, particularly in medical device technologies,鈥� said Shapson. 鈥淐ombined with Canada鈥檚 fastest growing and most diverse population base, this presents a particularly compelling case for innovation. Through our presence in 91亚色 Region, IY will be positioned to better understand our partners鈥� needs within the economic and social ecosystems they operate within as we explore new ways to work together to mutual advantage.鈥�

鈥淭he strength of Ontario鈥檚 creative environment, diverse culture, highly skilled workforce, world-class education system, internationally recognized research community and proven entrepreneurs is second to none,鈥� said Murray. 鈥� links these talents together across the province to ensure all great ideas have the opportunity to flourish聽鈥� creating jobs and improving our lives now and in the future.鈥�

As part of the province-wide ONE network, VentureLab will give entrepreneurs access to a broad range of experts聽鈥� including researchers, academics, businesses, government and investors聽鈥� who can help sell an innovative idea, bring it to the marketplace and grow a business worldwide.

Submitted by Elizabeth Monier Williams, research communications officer

Photos and video republished courtesy of Jenny Pitt-Clark, editor of YFile, 91亚色鈥檚 daily e-bulletin

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We have your competition ready.

YORKbiotech presents the fourth annual (HBVC 2010) with 91亚色's .

Through the venture challenge, selected teams will design a fully utilizable commercialization plan, receiving expert feedback and the chance to glean indispensable knowledge from mentors throughout the competition.

For those seeking additional support, the HBVC also provides an opportunity to attend an educational seminar taught by Schulich faculty and experienced insiders. There participants will learn the basics of business plan writing, the features of a successful proposal and tips on presenting to potential investors.

Financial rewards are not all that聽HBVC 2010聽has to offer; in fact we think it's the least important part. Curtis Caldwell, the 2008 grand prize winner, put it best when he said, "We knew we had a good idea, but had not determined the best way to commercialize it. The HBVC teamed us up with an experienced mentor and鈥e also benefited from pitching our plan and getting feedback from a panel of industry experts. The HBVC put us on the right track to start a business."

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to take your innovation to the next level. If you're ready to commercialize, you're ready for HBVC.

For more information, visit the Web site. Registration applications are due by Sept. 17.

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91亚色 had several different presentations at Discovery 2010. Professors , George Zhu, , Costas Armenakis, , Hugh Chesser and Baoxin Hu from the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering had several displays, including an underwater robot, a nanosatellite, computer vision and a Mars rover.

Professor Regina Lee and her students, also from the Department of Earth & Space Science, showed off their Mars rover and the massive trophy they won for placing first in the 2009 University Rover Challenge in Utah (where the land apparently resembles the surface of Mars 鈥� who knew?). The group also placed second in the 2010 competition this month.

Professor kept crowds happy playing his iPhone app, 鈥溾�� which debuted at . 91亚色鈥檚 digital media display also featured the projects funded by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (, led by Professor Nell Tenhaff in the Faculty of Fine Arts) and the Ontario Research Fund (the , led by Professor John Tsotsos in the Faculty of Science & Engineering).

Meanwhile, , a partner in the 91亚色-led 3D FLIC project, drew crowds who didn鈥檛 mind sharing 3D glasses to experience their stunning 3D television footage.

, a Regional Innovation Network for biotechnology in 91亚色 Region for which 91亚色 is a founding partner, was also represented by Janet Leclair and Sana Mulji Dutt.

Among the event鈥檚 highlights were the awards ceremonies, including the , innovation awards and many awards for Ontario鈥檚 best researchers, students and companies.聽 Amongst these was the award for . The winning team, lead by Armen Bakirtzian, included a 91亚色 MBA candidate, Ara Hasserjian.

Discovery 2010 provided an excellent introduction and overview for Sarah Fuller who joined 91亚色 May 17 as associate director, research agreements and intellectual property where she

will lead 91亚色鈥檚 technology commercialization group. If your research involves non-academic partners (such as community, government, industry) or if you are required to transfer research funding, information or materials to another institution, Sarah can be reached at extension 20579 or by e-mail at sfuller@yorku.ca.

So what鈥檚 next for now? 91亚色 is actively supporting industrial collaborations for faculty and students. Through expert services, industry liaison and technology commercialization under the Office of the Voce-President Research & Innovation, 91亚色 will help connect your research to industrial partners. Companies can also explore working with 91亚色 researchers and grad students.

For more information, contact David Phipps, director, Research Services and Knowledge Exchange at 416-736-5813 or dphipps@yorku.ca.

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Have you ever wanted to have dinner with a scientist? Ask questions about Canada鈥檚 laser radar on NASA's 2007 Phoenix mission to Mars, the role of human genomes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the consequences of dwindling fossil fuels or perhaps how biochemical pathways affect obesity?

The Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science, Canada's oldest scientific society at 161 years,聽is hosting a gala dinner featuring 25 scientists, and guests get to choose which one they鈥檇 like to sit with.

Five of the scientists are from 91亚色, which is a sponsor of the dinner. They are physics Professor Emeritus Allan Carswell, humanities and science & technology聽studies Professor Bernard Lightman, Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Giuseppina D鈥橝gostino, anthropology and science & technology studies Professor Natasha Myers, and Canada Research Chair in Ecology聽& Conservation Biology, Professor Bridget Stutchbury. In addition, Mark Lievonen, president of Sanofi Pasteur Ltd., a 91亚色 alumnus and member of 91亚色's Board of Governors, will also host a table.

Right: Giuseppina D鈥橝gostino

Founder and director of Osgoode's Intellectual Property Law & Technology Program (IP Osgoode), D鈥橝gostino, a recent recipient of the Law Commission of Ontario鈥檚 Visiting Scholarship Program, will talk about "Challenges to the Commercialization of Intellectual Property". The commercialization of intellectual property is often said to be indispensable for fostering a vibrant, creative and innovative economy, but many challenges remain before an invention can be brought from the lab into the marketplace.聽D鈥橝gostino is currently investigating the intellectual property and privacy aspects of the electronic health record in Canada.

Left: Bernard Lightman

Lightman, editor of the history of science journal Isis, will discuss "Who, Exactly, Was Charles Darwin?聽The Making of a Cultural Icon".聽Lightman's early work, summed up in his聽, centred on the birth of a new form of unbelief in the wake of the debates over evolutionary theory. More recently,聽he has tackled the issue of how science was popularized in the second half of the 19th century in Britain. His current project is a biography of the eminent Victorian physicist John Tyndall.

Right: Allan Carswell

Former president of the Canadian Association of Physicists and vice-president of the Canadian Academy of Science, Carswell founded Optech Inc.聽in 1974 to develop commercial lidars (laser radar). He and a Canadian team provided a lidar on NASA's 2007 Phoenix mission to Mars as part of a meteorological station, MET, for studies of the Martian atmosphere. After the landing in May 2008,聽MET provided measurements of outstanding value, including the discovery of snowfall on Mars. An internationally recognized leader in the lidar field, Carswell will present "Canada Goes to Mars".

Left: Bridget Stutchbury

Stutchbury, Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology and a field biologist who has studied bird behaviour and conservation for 25 years, has followed Canadian migratory songbirds to their wintering grounds in Latin America to understand the threats they face far away. She is author of , a Governor General鈥檚 Literary Award non-fiction finalist, and the forthcoming T. She will discuss "Conservation Biology Studied Through Birds".

Right: Natasha Myers

Myers' research examines the lively visual cultures that thrive in contemporary life science laboratories and classrooms, with an interest in the artistry, craft and creativity of scientific work.聽She will discuss "Art Meets Science".聽Myers has been engaged in art-science collaborations for over a decade.聽Her most recent project was the 2009 Art Meets Science Series at 91亚色, a year-long series of events designed to foster a culture of collaboration among 91亚色鈥檚 artists and scientists.

Left: Mark Lievonen

Lievonen (BBA Spec. Hons. 鈥�79, MBA 鈥�87), a member of the Board of Directors of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, will talk about the Canadian Vaccine Capability: Collaborating for Continued Success.

In addition, ex-91亚色ie Brock Fenton,聽a biology professor at the University of Western Ontario and former chair of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Biology as well as former associate vice-president research, will聽ask "How do Universities Interact With Society?" He has written several books about bats intended for a general audience, including Just Bats (University of Toronto Press, 1983) and The Bat: Wings in the Night Sky ( Key Porter Press, 1998)).

Right: Brock Fenton

Scientists are chosen from various disciplines and many southern Ontario academic institutions. Each scientist hosts a table of eight.聽The gala partners are awarded several places, and their guests, as well as individual ticket purchasers, can choose the table of greatest interest to them.聽After a reception of an hour or so, dinner will start. Each scientist will provide a brief overview of their subject and/or current work and guests are then free to ask any questions or suggest topics they would like the host to discuss. For tables and topics, click here. Following the dinner, the president of the RCI will open a general question-and-answer period at which time any of the participants are free to direct a question to any of the scientists present.

The RCI for the Advancement of Science is a not-for-profit organization founded in Toronto in 1849 by a small group of civil engineers, architects and surveyors and聽led by Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) who established the concept of time zones.

The gala will take place Thursday, April 22, from 6 to 9:30pm, in the MaRS Collaboration Centre, 101 College St., Toronto. Tickets are $250. The dinner will help to raise awareness and funds for the RCI's outreach activities, in particular聽the聽free public lectures it presents every year in Toronto and Mississauga on a diverse range of topics. The fundraising also goes toward providing scholarships for deserving high school students to attend university.

91亚色 provides the Webcasting and archiving for all the lectures through the support of University Information Technology and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. Click to view archived Webcasts of previous lectures. 91亚色 also supplies many of the speakers.聽This winter two of the six Toronto were from 91亚色.

For more information, visit the Web site or contact 91亚色 biology Professor Ron Pearlman, a member of the RCI council and the gala organizing committee,聽at ronp@yorku.ca.

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With the challenge of a changing external context for research in Canada 鈥� both a shifting economic and social cultural environment鈥� a new view of innovation is taking hold and a recognition of the value of collaborations across the spectrum of research is emerging.

Effective collaboration as a part of R&D strategies will provide for significant gains in competitive advantage in innovation and productivity growth for Canadian businesses. While more and more business leaders are recognizing the potential benefits of research collaboration, universities must take up this challenge as well. It's critical for universities to build a more comprehensive and sustainable approach to strengthening research opportunities with external partners.

While it is important that universities develop the skills, talent, and creative and innovative capacity to enhance productivity in the new global economy, building new models to meet these challenges will require collaboration and teamwork at all levels and across all value chains.

Increasingly, the government has recognized the importance of enhanced R&D collaborations and invested in them. However, these increased investments have had difficulty in producing effective public and private sector linkages, resulting in a significant innovation gap 鈥� remaining a fundamental challenge for the government.

The difficulty is that the availability and distribution of research funds are increasingly tied to strategic science and technology priority areas. But so much of what drives social change and fuels the modern economy is also derived from social sciences and humanities (SS&H) disciplines. Companies in these sectors (e.g., communications, design, management, law, etc.) have complex challenges and those that derive their primary knowledge inputs from the social science and humanities disciplines account for about $700B (58 per cent) of GDP output, and yet a significant proportion of the research dollars are going to science and technology (S&T) companies that support about $431B (42 per cent) of GDP outputs.

If Canada is going to remain competitive in the new knowledge economy we must heighten collaborative research and development across a broader suite of research areas.

91亚色's innovation and partnership strategy takes a broader focus, contributing not only our S&T research but also leveraging the work of our SS&H scholars. 91亚色 has established significant and sustainable community and regional innovation programs with partners in 91亚色 Region.

The region is the sixth-largest municipality in Canada, with a growing population of 1.2M. It also serves as the centre-point of Canada鈥檚 leading technology corridor, poised to contribute as a significant innovation and commercialization hub given its strong base of IT/software and medical devices/biotechnology companies. It is home to nearly 50 per cent of the medical device technology companies in Canada.

To capitalize on our proximity to 91亚色 Region, 91亚色 is currently working actively to form a unique consortium, establishing a Convergence Centre for the development of next generation medical device technologies in Markham. 91亚色 works with a variety of regional partners on the social innovation side, including the United Way of 91亚色 Region, regional hospitals, and regional school boards.

To grow and foster new and varied collaborations, a new unique innovation facility that 91亚色 is developing as part of the convergence centre 鈥淚nnovation 91亚色.鈥� It will have the capability of both mobilizing social innovation research as well as S&T innovation and commercialization. This infrastructure will actively promote research opportunities that build on the research strengths across the university, address the needs of our partners and support the incubation of the most promising innovative ideas.

The key to fostering ultimate research success, whether in the public or private sector, science and technology or the social sciences and humanities, is a shared philosophy and belief in the value of true collaboration and its power to open new areas of opportunity and innovation.

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