Commercializing research from the University of Oklahoma has a powerful impact.
Problem:
How does OU fulfill its mission of serving society and the state of Oklahoma by ensuring that the research generated by its faculty and staff has the greatest tangible impact possible?
俄克拉荷马大学怎样才能完成服务社会和俄克拉荷马州的使命呢?怎样才能保证教职员工所做的研究最大可能的产生实际的影响呢?
Solution:
Innovation from academic research can make a positive difference in the world. Protecting and commercializing the intellectual property that results from this research supports the OU mission, increases knowledge, and advances the human condition. It encourages researchers to continue to innovate by ensuring the inventor is recognized and rewarded. University intellectual property transfer is also a driving force in bolstering statewide economic impact and ensures that national and global companies with existing manufacturing, marketing, and distribution channels can propel the innovation beyond Norman, Oklahoma.
基于学术研究的创新可以给带来世界积极的变化。保护并使研究成果产业化符合俄克拉荷马大学的使命,它会丰富知识并改善人类的生存状况,通过保证对发明者的社会认可并给予回报来鼓励研究人员进行创新。大学的知识产权转让也能给本州经济带来驱动,它可以使具有制造、营销和分销渠道的国内外厂商在俄克拉荷马州的诺曼以外的地区推广这些创新。
Problem:
大学和产业界怎样才能做到相互依存、相互补充呢?
How does university innovation co-exist with and complement industry?
Solution:
大学是进行理念交换的中心,质疑现状的中心和从事最前沿的实验来解决当地和全球最具挑战性问题的中心。为了支持这些研究,大学从多个渠道获得资金用来支持多个领域的研究。面对下降的研究和发展资源,企业希望规避研究的内在风险,希望通过大学来接触各种创新的理念,相关问题的专家以及优秀的毕业生人才希望他们成为未来的员工。
Universities are hubs for exchanging ideas, questioning the status quo, and conducting cutting-edge experiments to solve the most challenging local and global issues. To support this discovery, universities receive funding to help further research in a variety of areas. Companies, faced with diminishing research and development resources and averse to the inherent risks in research, look to universities for a diverse portfolio of innovative ideas, access to subject matter experts, and a talented pool of new graduates for potential employment.
Problem:
How does the university help move fundamental research from the lab and transform it into products and services in the marketplace?
大学如何才能帮助实验室的基础研究转化为市场中的产品和服务呢?
Solution:
Often, a gap exists between the fundamental research conducted in a university lab and that innovation being ready for commercialization. This gap is a significant challenge that often prevents life-saving and world-changing products from reaching consumers. OU helps bridge this gap through forging industry partnerships, startup creation, cross-campus collaborations between complimentary departments, as well as a variety of internal initiatives, including OU’s Office of Technology Development’s GrowthFund for translational research and the Graduate Venture Fellowship program. Together these strengthen the commercial potential of OU research and intellectual property by providing short-term resources for commercially focused research and prototyping.
通常大学实验室里所做的基础性研究和可以产业化的创新之间存在着一道鸿沟。这道鸿沟是个巨大的挑战,很多时候它阻碍了消费者接触到可以拯救生命和改变世界的产品。俄克拉荷马大学建立了与产业界的合作关系、创新孵化、校园多部门协作以及多种内部项目启动支持。其中包括了俄大技术开发办公室(OTD)用于科技转化的开发基金和研究生创业基金项目。这一切通过给产业化项目相关的研究提供短期支持来增强俄大的科研和知识产权的产业化潜力。