Boston

Boston and Cambridge form the world’s densest concentration of university research output. Melan works with corporate R&D teams, university technology transfer offices, and research foundations across the Greater Boston ecosystem to identify partners, structure collaborations, and manage deep-tech research programs. On this page: The Boston Research Partnership Landscape What Melan Does for Teams in Boston […]

Berlin

Berlin is Europe’s most dynamic intersection of research and startup culture, with world-class university research, a dense network of Fraunhofer and Max Planck institutes, and a surging climate and health-tech commercialization ecosystem.

Austin

Austin has emerged as one of America’s fastest-growing deep-tech research hubs, driven by the University of Texas at Austin’s expanding research enterprise and an influx of corporate R&D investment. Melan works with teams across the Austin ecosystem to structure research partnerships in semiconductors, AI, and climate technology. On this page: The Austin Research Partnership Landscape […]

St. Louis

Melan facilitates agtech, plant science, and biomedical research partnerships across St. Louis — Washington University, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Bayer Crop Science, and the 39 North innovation district.

Atlanta

Melan facilitates AI, supply chain, and biomedical research partnerships across Atlanta — Georgia Tech, Emory University, CDC, and the Southeast’s R&D ecosystem.

Houston

Melan facilitates energy, biomedical, and space research partnerships across Houston — Rice University, Texas Medical Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, and Gulf Coast R&D.

Philadelphia

Melan facilitates pharma, biotech, and biomedical research partnerships across Philadelphia — University of Pennsylvania, CHOP, Wistar Institute, and the historic pharma R&D ecosystem.

Toronto

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Greater Toronto Area — University of Toronto, Vector Institute, MaRS Discovery District, and Canada’s AI and biomedical research ecosystem.

Washington, DC

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Washington DC region — NIH, NSF, DARPA, federal labs, and DC-area university collaborations.

Pittsburgh

Melan facilitates robotics, AI, and autonomous systems research partnerships across Pittsburgh — Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and the smart machine revolution.

Tokyo

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Tokyo-Yokohama corridor — University of Tokyo, RIKEN, and Japan’s world-leading corporate R&D laboratories in advanced materials, robotics, and quantum technology.

Singapore

Melan facilitates research partnerships across Singapore — NUS, NTU, A*STAR research institutes, and the city-state’s strategic position as an Asia-Pacific R&D hub.

Ann Arbor

Melan facilitates mobility, battery, and advanced manufacturing research partnerships across Southeast Michigan — University of Michigan, Ford, GM, and the future of transportation R&D.

Minneapolis

Melan facilitates medical device and health-tech research partnerships across the Twin Cities — University of Minnesota, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Mayo Clinic, and the medtech capital of the world.

Seattle

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Seattle region — University of Washington, Amazon, Microsoft R&D, Fred Hutch, Allen Institute, and the Puget Sound biotech ecosystem.