Transforming Discovery Into Impact
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Just Starting Out
Have an idea or wondering what’s possible?
Developing an Idea
Refining a concept, research result, or prototype?
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Advancing Innovation at URI
At URI, ideas move from discovery to impact through interconnected stages that adapt to each project, opportunity, & outcome.
1. Impact & Renewal
Returns from commercialization support future research, translational programs, and innovations that generate public benefit.
2. Discovery & Research
New ideas and innovations emerge through research, exploration, and collaboration.
3. Disclosure & Evaluation
Promising ideas are shared and explored to better understand their potential paths forward.
4. IP Strategy & Protection
Intellectual property strategy is shaped to support future use, collaboration, and impact.
5. Development & Positioning
Ideas are refined and positioned to connect with real-world needs, users, and opportunities.
6. Licensing, Partnerships, & Ventures
URI Innovations engages with companies, startups, or collaborators to explore licensing, partnerships, or other pathways to use.
7. Impact & Renewal
Returns from commercialization support future research, translational programs, and innovations that generate public benefit.
The Silicon Valley Of Underwater Technology
A Thriving Innovation Network, Rooted at URI
We’re growing an innovation network that connects research, entrepreneurship, and partnerships to deliver real-world impact—on campus, in Rhode Island, and beyond.
Metrics reflect cumulative innovation and commercialization activity at URI over the past decade.
Active Licenses
for URI developed innovations
Invention Disclosures
for new, innovative ideas
Issued Patents
for novel IP
In Revenues
from licensed technology
News & Events
Read more about our latest innovations and upcoming events.
News
URI and Clemson Startup FastFlowLM Joins AMD to Advance AI Inference
FastFlowLM, has recently joined California-based semiconductor company AMD. FastFlowLM is a technology company delivering software designed to handle…
News
URI Joins $15 Million NSF Seafood Engine Initiative
The University of Rhode Island is part of the newly announced NSF Seafood Engine in New England, which…
Event
NSF I-Corps Regional Spark Program Information Session: Pre-Accelerator Opportunity for Innovators Across All Technology Domains, Featuring Our Fall BlueTech Cohort
Are you a faculty member, graduate student, or postdoc working on innovative research and wondering how to translate…
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