Here are just a few of the resources available to you as members of the UW–Madison community.
- RABBIT: This AI-powered tool will help you discover relevant research, shared interests and potential collaborators across campus. Available to all UW–Madison faculty and staff and WARF employees via NetID, RABBIT was designed and developed by OBE and the Data Science Institute to help industry engagement offices on campus connect faculty with applied research opportunities. Searching for a UW–Madison faculty member in RABBIT results in a summary of their work, including a map of their campus collaborations and publicly available information about their articles, grants, patents, sponsorships and agreements. It also provides information about sponsored research and papers co-authored with industry—valuable in finding matches between companies and researchers for sponsored research or co-applications for federal grants.
- Tap into the wealth of professional development opportunities on campus which can help you advance your own career.
- Looking to share your story? Start with the Office of Strategic Communication.
- Badger IP Industry Advantage is the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s approach to transforming discoveries into innovative solutions by streamlining partnerships between businesses and the University. The program provides several options for Intellectual Property (IP) licensing tied to sponsored research conducted with industry partners.
- Advances in science and technology have the greatest impact when they move out of the lab and into real-life applications. The Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO), founded in October 2022, will increase the speed and frequency at which UW research is translated into usable technology. It supports STEM-based innovations from any faculty, staff, or student at UW–Madison.
- If you have an invention or technology and need to understand the next steps, resources from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) can help you learn about the disclosure process, including who must disclose and how to do so.
- Discovery to Product (D2P) is home to UW’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, coordinating the Innovate Network and connecting faculty, staff, and students with education, mentoring, and funding to help campus innovators get their idea or invention to market.
- The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic offers guidance to faculty on the practices and process of intellectual property and other disclosures.
- Set up your own start-up workspace at University Research Park.
- Explore a series of resources we’ve collected for entrepreneurs featuring ways to move your idea, product or start-up forward.
Need more direction? Contact our office and we can help you make the connections you need to be successful.