The Office of Naval Research awarded Dr. Jie Zhang $808,762 for his research on Learning on Graphs for Resilience Decision-Support in Real-World Networks. This project is to develop a unified “learning on graphs” framework that enables generation of robust, scalable, and generalizable combinatorial policies over graphs, to support real-time decision-making for recovery of disrupted real-world networks. The following integrative research activities …read more
Watch subject matter experts from federal funding agencies and grant-writing consultants as they help to paint the picture and define the landscape for finding funding in the arts and social sciences. In our first Funding Friday, Melissa Menzer, Ph.D., Senior Program Analyst in Research & Analysis for the National Endowment for the Arts, led a …read more
Are you ready to launch your research to market? Is it time to apply for a patent or learn more about licensing options? Join UT Dallas faculty as they share the story of how they successfully turned their research and innovation into a commercialization opportunity. In this session, Dr. Robert L. Rennaker II, Medical Founding …read more
In this video, Dr. Cummings provides an overview into the process followed for developing his CAREER proposal. He provides insights into how he developed his CAREER outline and trajectory, the steps he took to understand what is required in the CAREER proposal, and the networks he developed along the way. Dr. Anthony R. Cummings is …read more
The Office of Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is offering three new programs this fall for research faculty, PhD candidates, postdocs, and other UT Dallas researchers interested in commercializing their inventions. The programs are: If you have any interest in commercializing your …read more
Market the Invention The UTD Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC )uses the online database Inteum to allow industry to search available UT Dallas technologies. We also attend conferences and industry events to promote our technology. Once interests are identified, we will work together with the inventors to describe the technical details and advantages of the …read more
Commonly Asked Questions Regarding Startup Ventures What qualifies as a UT Dallas startup? What are the realities of establishing a new business? Am I, as UT Dallas faculty/staff member, permitted to start a company and remain at the university? Can I license from the university a technology that I invented while at UT Dallas for …read more
Forms and Agreements Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA): A legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to by third parties. Material Transfer Agreement (MTA): A legal contract that governs the transfer of tangible …read more
Raising money may be required to take a startup’s product to market. You may take advantage of funding from the university or pursue external funding. Enabled by support from the State of Texas National Research University Fund (NRUF), the Office of Research and Innovation funds several seed grant initiatives. While each program is designed to …read more
The Office of Technology Commercialization works with our faculty and other researchers to protect their ideas and inventions. If you have an invention or idea for software or a technology that you think might be patentable or otherwise protectable—through copyright protection, for example—our team can help you. We strongly advise that you submit invention disclosures …read more
