A strong commercialization program can jumpstart innovation at research schools by helping faculty move ideas into action; providing topnotch advice on licensing and patenting; identifying potential corporate and foundation sponsors to fund research; and providing a startup milieu in which to help turn research into valued products and services. And it can bring in some serious cash: University of Kansas Innovation and Collaboration (KUIC), a centralized organization tasked with bringing the institution's research innovation to market, has grown KU's licensing revenue from $1 million to more than $11 million over the last three years.
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