EIR: Tech Transfer Policy

Projects

EIR: Tech Transfer Policy

This project will evaluate and redesign UMKC’s intellectual property and technology transfer policies to better serve faculty inventors, student entrepreneurs, and community partners.

Project Goals

Increase transparency and responsiveness of the IP/tech transfer process.
Align incentives for innovation and entrepreneurship at UMKC.
Propose changes to system-wide policies that support local implementation.

Key Areas of Focus

Comparative study of university tech transfer models.
Legal and governance frameworks for university IP ownership.
Incentive structures for faculty and student inventors.
Collaboration with the UM System, Office of Research, and Innovation Center.

Who we are

The CLEI is a vehicle for multidisciplinary collaborators to form and deploy teams that promote the use of entrepreneurship and innovation in providing high-quality education, addressing societal needs with a diversity of knowledge bases and perspectives, and producing thoughtful and effective solutions to generate public good. UMKC’s CLEI is led by the Law School because laws are involved in virtually all challenging endeavors and the Law School emphasizes training context-aware, creative, brave, and generous lawyers to join in teams that are instruments of positive change in communities, businesses, policy, research, and the arts. We exemplify that belief by partnering with leaders from all fields in common missions to make all of the communities we serve more prosperous.

Projects

EIR: Tech Transfer Policy​

Who we are

EIR: Tech Transfer Policy