The Office of Academic Entrepreneurship reports to the Provost and University Vice President and is supported by the President, Provost, School Deans, Faculty and several administrative offices; works to create a technology entrepreneurship environment that enables researchers and students to realize their full potential; and identifies and promotes intellectual property that satisfies society's needs, contributes to economic development at a local and national level, and brings multiple benefits to the Institute. 

Office of Academic Entrepreneurship

• Nurtures and encourages technology entrepreneurship across Schools enabling scientific and technological discovery with broad impact and applicability

• Provides incentives to researchers to generate innovative and relevant IP to achieve solutions to pressing world problems

• Encourages and supports faculty student interactions based on Technogenesis^® principles

• Promotes high standards in research, doctoral students, publications, funding, patents, and technology entrepreneurship

• Facilitates collaborative research initiatives with industry and universities in areas of common research interest for the creation of IP with high Technogenesis ^® value

• Raises program support through Foundations and other funding agencies

• Manages IP from inception to protection (patents, copyrights, etc.)

• Conducts continuous research IP assessment based on Technogenesis^® criteria

• Provides/ensures availability of resources to build and maintain state-of-the-art infrastructure and support to all research faculty enabling them to produce high quality intellectual property (e.g. infrastructure, administrative support, research policy)

• Works with department and center directors to assist and mentor research faculty through the Stevens research process from grant proposals, to journal publications, to patent writing and prosecution

• Provides input to new faculty hiring as well as to promotion and tenure evaluation and supports faculty development in AE

• Provides faculty support in AE related issues (IP protection, AE curriculum development, spinoff process, etc.)

• Manages AE scholarships

• Manages the Entrepreneurship Resources Laboratory to promote  technology commercialization – by

  • organizing technology entrepreneurship seminars for faculty & students

  • organizing workshops and other business related events for Technogenesis^® stakeholders

  • maintaining an industry/academia Technogenesis^® partners/investor network

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