For Industry

Overview

ReliaQuest founder and CEO Brian Murphy shares why research partnerships with USF are important to his company.

a Catalyst for Innovation & workforce development

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ is an Site, which is geared for developing potential I-Corps Team projects and providing an entrepreneurial program for potential faculty and graduate student teams to complete together to assess their business potential.

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ is a research university that serves as a catalyst for innovation, generating new solutions to complex problems, and improving lives — all while preparing the highly skilled workforce essential for our state's business sector to flourish.

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Research Foundation, a not-for-profit, direct-support organization (DSO), owns and operates the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Research Park of Tampa Bay. The Research Foundation also administers аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢CONNECT, the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator (TBTI), and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council matching-grant program on behalf of the University.

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢CONNECT focuses on the needs of Tampa Bay's technology and bio/life sciences entrepreneurs, providing the facilities, partners and resources for successful business development, including access to technologies, workforce programs, technology commercialization, critical research equipment, incubator facilities, faculty researchers, student interns, and a matching grants program.

The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Research Park of Tampa Bay, located at the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢Tampa campus, offers space and equipment, and links аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers to businesses in need of research partners, primarily in the areas of biotechnology and life sciences research and entrepreneurship.

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) works with companies interested in licensing or starting a new business around аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢patents and intellectual property, and with аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢researchers and students to ready new inventions for the patenting process and potential licensing opportunities.