Honolulu

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Honolulu/UH ecosystem — oceanography, astronomy, Pacific health, volcanology, and climate resilience. Lo

The Complete Guide to University-Industry Research Partnerships

University-industry research partnerships are structured collaborations between academic institutions and corporate organizations designed to advance research and translate discoveries into commercial applications. Melan builds research partnerships for corporations, researchers, labs, and foundations who need technology to move further, faster.

Gainesville

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Gainesville/UF ecosystem — agtech, biomedical research, veterinary medicine, materials science, and cybe

Miami

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Miami/University of Miami ecosystem — tropical medicine, climate science, marine biology, and biomedical

Tucson

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Tucson/University of Arizona ecosystem — space science, optics, arid land agriculture, and biomedical re

Salt Lake City

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Salt Lake City/Utah ecosystem — biomedical research, genetics, cancer, computer graphics, and engineerin

East Lansing

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the East Lansing/MSU ecosystem — nuclear physics, plant science, agtech, automotive, and mobility research.

Champaign-Urbana

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Champaign-Urbana/UIUC ecosystem — supercomputing, AI, materials science, and engineering. Local expertis

West Lafayette

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the West Lafayette/Purdue ecosystem — engineering, aerospace, quantum computing, semiconductor research, and

Rochester

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Rochester ecosystem — U of R, RIT, Mayo Clinic, AIM Photonics, and optics/photonics R&D. Local expertise

How Technology Scouting Works

Technology scouting is the systematic process of identifying, evaluating, and connecting with external research capabilities that can address corporate R&D gaps. Melan runs continuous technology scouting across global research output to surface the labs, principal investigators, and IP clusters most relevant to an organization’s innovation priorities. For corporate innovation leaders, technology scouting is the first […]

Nashville

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Nashville ecosystem — Vanderbilt, VUMC, Meharry Medical College, and health-tech R&D. Local expertise fo

Cleveland

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Cleveland ecosystem — Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve, University Hospitals, NASA Glenn. Local ex

Portland, OR

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Portland, Oregon ecosystem — OHSU, ONPRC, PSU, Silicon Forest semiconductor R&D. Local expertise for glo

Portland, ME

Melan facilitates research partnerships across the Portland, Maine ecosystem — GMRI, Bigelow Laboratory, MMCRI, and marine science R&D. Local expertise for