Corporate collaboration
Getting started - engaging companies:
Companies are increasingly looking to academia to help them reach their business objectives. Successful partnerships are those in which the company’s R&D, workforce development, talent recruitment, brand recognition, and social responsibility needs are enhanced. Identify which need your research or program will benefit.
• Enhance R&D Objectives/Product Development
• Fulfill Corporate Responsibilities
• Increase Brand Recognition or Product Promotion
• Training a Future Workforce
• Talent Recruitment
Corporate partners provide financial support in various ways.
• Sponsored Research Funding
• Commercialization Program
• Event Sponsorship
• Philanthropic Support
• In-Kind Donation of Products or Services
Having a personal connection or building a relationship with a company representative increases your chances for long-term partnership.
- Find open RFP’s:
- Visit the company’s website to find RFP’s through Partnership Portals
- Find opportunities via Funding Institutional or Innovation Gateway – the web platform with RFP’s for PSU faculty only (More Funding Opportunities are at Funding@PennState.
- Get Involved! Many of these relationships start via meetings at conferences where industry participates to learn about the latest advances in their fields of interest.
Penn State has a number of approved corporate contracts that make negotiations faster.
We help you
Match your research to corporate interests.
Navigate early discussions with potential partners.
Develop scopes of work for sponsored research.
Engage with internal units to coordinate relationships.
Request a Consult
Reach out to the Office for Innovation for questions about engaging companies.
Contact us when
You have been approached by a company.
You are looking for corporate partners.
You are interested in corporate sponsored research options.
You need help navigating internal policies or contracting.
