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Innovation & Strategic Partnerships
Innovation & Strategic Partnerships
The Office of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships moves discoveries beyond the lab by fostering collaborations with industry, government, and community partners, offering tailored support in commercialization, intellectual property, and strategic partnerships.
We are your gateway to:
- Strategic research collaborations
- Commercializing technologies and managing intellectual property
- Scaling ventures and supporting start-ups
- Western Research Parks, a thriving innovation district where researchers, entrepreneurs, and companies co-locate to drive discovery and commercialization
Impact at a Glance
- $270M+ in annual research funding
- Top 1% of universities worldwide
- Generated over $57 million from licensing of inventions
- 65+ companies across Western Research Parks
- 750+ knowledge-based employees in the parks
- $56M+ estimated annual economic impact from Western Research Parks
Strategic Partnerships
Our dedicated Strategic Partnerships team builds bridges between the university and partners across public, private, and community sectors. We help translate research excellence into innovation, commercialization, and shared success.
For Researchers and Innovators at Western:
Strategic Partnerships links academic expertise to partner needs through funding, collaboration, and experiential opportunities.
For Industry, Government and Community Partners
Strategic Partnerships helps partners access Western’s research ecosystem to reduce risk, drive innovation, and build talent pipelines.
Western Research Parks
Where Academia Meets Industry
Western Research Parks – unique spaces for rental in thriving, innovative business communities.
Feel the synergy when academia meets industry in state-of-the-art spaces, including offices, wet labs and industrial collaborative spaces, set in inspiring buildings and open parklands.
Become part of a dynamic environment where your startup or established business can grow, thrive and achieve the success you deserve.
Technology Transfer
Western's Technology Transfer Office collaborates with inventors and industry partners across diverse sectors to solve technical challenges, support R&D, and bring emerging innovations to market — creating meaningful outcomes for companies, communities, and society.
Western's Technology Transfer Office offers:
- Intellectual property assessment and patent development
- Licensing and partnership negotiation
- Market analysis and commercialization pathways
- Industry marketing of Western IP portfolios
Researchers and Innovators at Western
- Receive guidance on the Report of Innovation (ROI) process
- Receive support in patent filing and costs coverage for select cases
- Spin-off your creations successfully
- Receive commercialization coaching
- Have your IP portfolio marketed by Western
Industry, Government and Community Partners
- Browse licensing-ready technologies
- Explore co-development or option agreements
Commercialization Training
Western’s Technology Transfer Office helps to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and real-world impact. We offer researchers training on essential commercialization skills, from market analysis to business model development. In partnership with the Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship, we offer a variety of commercialization training programs for researchers and students.