Office of Economic Innovation & Partnerships:Delaware Gateway:University of Delaware

Dr. David Weir

Dr. David S. Weir is the Director of the OEIP at the University of Delaware. Weir holds a doctorate in chemical physics and lectured at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before a 35-year career with DuPont. He was the founding director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

UD, U.S. Army announce research and development agreement

The University of Delaware and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) on Tuesday, Jan. 26, signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

Shoe Designer Kicks off Entrepreneur Chats

Ruthie Davis spoke to students about her experience in the business world.

Babies Driving Robots

UD technology the cover story in fall 2009 issue of Insights into Spina Bifida.

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UD awarded funds for cyberinfrastructure development

UD is part of a team that has been awarded more than $14 million from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

Small Business Development Center honors Gary Simon

UD's Gary Simon has been selected the 2009 State Star by the Delaware SBDC.

UD start-up company PAIR

PAIR is preparing to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications.

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UD honors 179 Inventors

The inaugural Inventors' Recognition was hosted by OEIP on Oct. 8, 2009

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UD competition seeks business ideas

The 2010 UD Business Plan Competition seeks submissions by student entrepreneurs with business ideas who want to turn them into reality.

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UD teams with Jefferson to win defense grant

Two faculty members in UD's Electrical and Computer Engineering are part of a team that was recently awarded an $849,000 grant from the Department of Defense for an imaging system.

Two engineering professors win Department of Defense research grants

Two UD engineering professors have been awarded research grants from the D.O.D.'s 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).

OCTOBER, 2009:

OEIP's work featured in UD's new Research Magazine

V2G electric cars in Delaware:

OEIP explores partnership with Autoport.

APRIL 23, 2010:

Third Annual President's Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Be inspired...Get information...Network...

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Mission & Goals

The Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships seeks to establish the University as a recognized center of invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, partnering and economic development.

The Gateway enables outside entities to access the University’s knowledge-based assets and provides UD personnel support to form partnerships outside the University.

The Gateway:

Develops a network of partnerships that creates value for the University and results in economic development in the state and region
Stimulates entrepreneurial thinking among students, faculty and staff across campus
Provides University entrepreneurs with business, marketing, financial & legal expertise to enable commercialization of University inventions
Develops, leverages and markets the university's portfolio of intellectual property to efficiently capture value from the intellectual property through new start-up businesses, license agreements, equity positions
Aids UD entrepreneurs in commercializing or licensing their inventions and supports small community businesses through the Small Business Development Center