Friday, December 16, 2022, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Union
Commercialize Your Innovation
Driving a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers
From Ideas to Impact
Our mission at Innovation Ventures is to partner with the Rutgers community to encourage deliberate innovation, protect and leverage Rutgers intellectual property, foster collaboration with industry, and enable entrepreneurship.
137
Global Patents Issued
Fiscal Year 2022
94
Active Startups
Fiscal Year 2022
$13.4 Million
in Licensing Revenue
Fiscal Year 2022
177
Invention Disclosures
Fiscal Year 2022
About Innovation Ventures
Staffed by scientists and IP experts with industry experience, the Innovation Ventures team is dedicated to transforming research at Rutgers into products, services, and partnerships for the public good, generating value for the University and New Jersey.
As your partner, the team will guide your research from proof of concept through patenting, licensing and commercialization.
What is Innovation Ventures?
Learn more about the work of the Innovation Ventures team within Rutgers Office for Research and how we can help bring our researchers' innovations from ideas to impact.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, December 03, 2022, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
In Case You Missed It...
Innovation Ventures Road to Commercialization Symposium Series: License to an Existing Company or Launch a Startup
This webinar highlights how Innovation Ventures works with innovators to decide between launching a startup and licensing to an existing company, why a startup may be the right choice, what does it mean to be a founder of a startup and the available resources at Innovation Ventures to help along the way (NetID required to view video).
Innovation Ventures Road to Commercialization Symposium: Effective Partnerships with Industry
This webinar focuses on how industry partners evaluate research collaborations and technology licensing opportunities: the type of data they look for, how to speak their language and what questions to expect.
Innovation Ventures Road to Commercialization Symposium Series: R U Protecting Your Innovative Idea
In this webinar, hear from prolific faculty researchers about how they developed their technologies, engaged with Innovation Ventures, secured commercialization focused funding, and attracted industry interest to advance the commercialization of their innovative ideas.
USPTO Webinar: How to Conduct a Prior Art Search
Rutgers Office for Research – Innovation Ventures and New Brunswick Libraries are proud to host a series of free webinars regarding the patent process. This session featured Cynthia Sdrewski, who has been a member of the Information Technology Resource Provider since July 2003. She has significant experience in software development and training. (NetID required to view video).
Research and Innovation News
The Office for Research is excited to announce that Rutgers Associate Vice President of Innovation Ventures Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak has been elected to the AUTM Board of Directors. She will begin her three-year term on February 22, 2023, at the conclusion of AUTM’s annual meeting.
Could the underproduction of poorly understood immune cells contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive decline? A Rutgers study in Nature Immunology suggests it may – and that increasing these cells could reverse the damage.
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) researcher and assistant professor of oral biology Modupe Coker will be awarded a $4.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research grant for her five-year project titled “HPV, HIV, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth.”