Brandeis Innovation

About Brandeis Innovation

Brandeis Innovation empowers the Brandeis community—including faculty, researchers, students, and staff—to translate groundbreaking ideas into real-world impact. As the central hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, we provide comprehensive support from invention triage and intellectual property management, through strategic marketing and licensing of university technologies. We facilitate critical agreements (including CDAs, MTAs, IIAs/JIAs, DUAs/DTUAs, Licenses, and Options), ensure compliance with federal reporting (iEdison), and actively educate the university community on intellectual property and technology commercialization. We cultivate the next generation of innovators through programs like Spark and by fostering translational research funding via the Sprout program. By also serving as a trusted internal resource for the Brandeis community, we nurture strategic alliances and maximize the societal and economic benefits of Brandeis discoveries, driving innovation from concept to sustainable impact. We comprise two distinct entities: 

The Office of Technology Licensing

The OTL serves researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs and industry. We provide support and infrastructure to Brandeis investigators for technology development, commercialization and the development of products. We provide industry with cutting-edge technologies for licensing, as well as research collaborations.

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Brandeis Virtual Incubator

The Virtual Incubator provides a hub for innovation across the Brandeis campus. The center engages students, faculty, researchers, alumni and staff, promoting collaboration and discovery through research, grants and partnerships. The incubator includes the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center, a partnership between the virtual incubator and the Brandeis International Business School, as well as our signature programs, I-Corps, Spark and Sprout.

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