FOR INDUSTRY

Information for the Business Community

JMU's collaborative approach in teaching and research encourages businesses to utilize equipment available in our laboratory facilities, such as probabilistic risk assessment modeling capabilities, rapid prototyping and RFID lab. Access to specialized equipment can fill a niche and help a business with a specific need.

If you are interested in connecting with an expert in a particular field or you are looking for licensable technologies to develop your company's products or services, see our Available Technologies list and contact the OTT for more information at 540-568-2865 or bourneml@jmu.edu.

We strive to enter into a mutually rewarding arrangement with our licensees and would be glad to discuss our philosophy and process on licensing arrangements.

If you are a company interested in sponsoring research at James Madison, please see the Sponsored Programs Office web page.

WHAT WE DO


our MISSION... To promote innovation, enhance research by connecting inventors and industry, and foster economic development through protecting and commercializing intellectual property.

our VISION... To create a new and unique model for university technology transfer by analyzing our intellectual property potential in the marketplace, partnering with corporations, and assessing entrepreneurial management teams, start-up companies will be given a stronger opportunity for success.

we SERVE...Faculty, staff, and students producing innovative ideas and intellectual property with commercial potential and Corporations seeking to work collaboratively on JMU research projects to develop their products and business.