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While we’re not conducting business as usual, the Research Innovation Office is open for business! Our team has pivoted to deliver services and programming online and on the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means that our team is still available to help researchers from across campus to amplify their impact!

Activate your Knowledge

Whether you call it Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) or Knowledge Transfer, getting the results of your work into the hands of people who can use it to improve life is an essential part of the research arc.

Navigating through information sources regarding COVID-10 outbreak can be an overwhelming task. We are here to help you adapt and move forward during this unprecedented and often turbulent time. Below is a listing of resources geared toward Canadian entrepreneurs and business owners.

While start-up founders always need to be agile and able to pivot at a moment’s notice, the recent effects of the COVID-19 crisis have made entrepreneurial life even more tumultuous than usual!  Likewise, for organizations like the Research Innovation Office who support academic entrepreneurs in their efforts to launch world changing technologies, every day is filled with new challenges.

In the Spring of 2019, the Government of Ontario convened an independent expert panel to review the protection and commercialization of intellectual property (IP) that arises from research conducted at Ontario’s research institutions, including universities, colleges, and hospitals. The impetus for the panel was a recognition that as IP grows in importance within the global economy, a strategy for how best to develop and commercialize IP is important for Ontario’s future.

Blake Helka joins the RIO Team!

In this blog series, we introduce you to our Research Innovation team members and the work they do to help University of Guelph researchers to maximize the real-world impact of their work.  

Introducing David Hobson, Manager, Technology Transfer & Entrepreneurship He’s a scientist, an engineer, a veterinarian, an entrepreneur, a creative problem solver and most of all someone who helps others.

Anticipating the opportunity to share their early business success stories with investors, the media and the UofG community, five corporations with their roots in UofG research, are in training to hone their business pitches.

Interested in building connections between research and policy/practice?

We’ve recently launched an open call for applications for our Policy Fellowship program, an innovative initiative at the University of Guelph funded by Food from Thought.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership in 2019! We look forward to working with you in 2020 to increase the impact of your work! Until then: enjoy, have fun and Happy Holidays!

The University of Guelph and the Research Innovation Office will be closed from Monday, December 23, 2019 through Wednesday, January 1, 2020 and will re-open on Thursday, January 2, 2020. We look forward to connecting with you in the new year!

The Research Innovation Office is pleased to announce that our new, free Introduction to Entrepreneurship course is now available online and on demand! Take a look and join the Accelerator Guelph team.