Technology Advancement Office
The Technology Advancement Office partners with faculty, companies, entrepreneurs and investors to bring those innovations to market.
About
What we do
We partner with industry contacts, entrepreneurs and investors to bring MU innovations to commercial settings for development into products and services that benefit society.
Our team helps inventors leverage the impact of their research, which often leads to new technologies, tools, therapeutics, diagnostics, compositions, processes, apps, models and other innovations that improve lives.
We do this by:
- Evaluating inventions for novelty, utility and market potential.
- Securing intellectual property protection, such as patents and copyrights.
- Identifying potential commercial partners and mentors.
- Negotiating and managing licenses and other agreements.
- Managing invention reporting and compliance requirements from federal, state and industry sponsors.
Contact us early for feedback and before you share your work publicly.
Assistance for innovators
We are available to help you:
- Disclose an invention.
- Craft intellectual property strategies for your grant proposal.
- Develop a company around an innovation (for small business funding proposals).
- Find resources to advance your early-stage innovations, such as translational research programs, business accelerators and Mizzou Lab 2 Market services.
- Navigate requirements and best practices for employees interested in founding a startup company based on Mizzou research.
Services Provided
Business Planning
- Business Plan Consulting, Development and Review
- Market Plan Development
- Market Research
- Identification/Research of Foreign Markets
- Forming a Business
Financial Resources and Assistance
- Obtaining Government Funding (Specialty)
- Technology Grants (Specialty)
Libraries and Research Organizations
- Business Research Resources
- Industry Specific Research/Expertise
Networking Organizations
- Small Business/General
Technical Assistance
- Technology Transfer (Specialty)
Product Development
- Patent Information (Specialty)
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
- Commercialization (Specialty)
- Technology Transfer (Specialty)
Starting a Business
- Business Research Resources
- Forming a Business
Contact Information
Adam Blumhagen
Adam Blumhagen
Address
University of Missouri Mizzou North, Room 706
115 Business Loop 70 W.
Columbia, MO 65211
University of Missouri Mizzou North, Room 706
115 Business Loop 70 W.
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone
(573) 882-8963
(573) 882-8963