UW-Milwaukee is a respected R1 research institution with world class faculty investigators and facilities that can help our company reach its goals by:
- Increasing innovation
- Gaining access to expertise
- Accessing facilities and equipment for conducting R&D
- Feeding your talent pipeline
- Saving cost and time
- Supporting your community
UWM Key Areas of Expertise:
CSI
The Connected Systems Institute is a center of excellence at UWM that develops
manufacturing domain specialists
UWMRF Services:
SBIR/STTR
applicants must be small businesses, engagement with university researchers is common through R&D subcontracting arrangements and startup formation.
PANTHER
PARTNERING is an upfront, optional license path with a transparent, fair, minimally negotiated agreement, in order to focus on research, innovation, and bringing new products to market.
LICENSING
& OPTION AGREEMENTS help achieve success by ensuring that UWM technologies are successfully commercialized & will work for partners to meet their business needs.
GOALI
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry is a type of proposal that seeks to stimulate collaboration between Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) and industry.
I-CORPS
MINI GRANT PROGRAM available for participants who have completed the NSF I-corps cohort for mentors, travel, & further customer discovery initiatives.
CATALYST
GRANT PROGRAM supports discovery focusing on areas where UWM has the greatest potential to impact the local economy through commercialization activities.
BRIDGE
GRANT PROGRAM supports early-stage UWM startups by assisting with awarding funds to bridge the gap over the so-called valley of death.
UWM
ENGAGE MENTOR PROGRAM is a group of experienced local leaders who volunteer their time & knowledge to help UWM innovators develop their start-ups into strong companies.