{"id":82092,"date":"2025-06-12T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=82092"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:33:16","slug":"innovation-voucher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engage\/industry-partnerships\/innovation-voucher\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Vouchers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">The University of Rhode Island College of Engineering provides a unique opportunity for Rhode Island businesses to accelerate innovation through strategic partnerships. As a designated knowledge provider for the <a href=\"https:\/\/commerceri.com\/innovation-voucher\/\">RI Innovation Voucher Program<\/a> administered by Commerce Rhode Island, the College offers access to cutting-edge <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/research-themes-2\/\">research expertise<\/a> and advanced engineering <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/centers\/\">facilities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">Whether you are a startup looking for material testing or an established company exploring automation, clean energy solutions, or smart systems, URI College of Engineering can support your research and technical needs. Our faculty-led research labs span the College\u2019s targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/research-themes-2\/\">research themes<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout right  \"><h1>Contact<\/h1>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/meet\/vcraver\/\"><strong>Vinka Oyanedel-Craver  <\/strong><\/a><br>Associate Dean for Research, <br>Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Environmental Sustainability and Resilient Infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robotics, Control, and Autonomous Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomedical Engineering and Digital Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Smart Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">Eligible businesses may receive up to $75,000 in Innovation Voucher funding to collaborate with URI researchers. Partners benefit from access to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/research\/list-of-research-labs\/\">state-of-the-art labs<\/a>, specialized equipment, and faculty and graduate student expertise that can accelerate product development, improve processes, and solve complex engineering problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">We invite industry leaders to explore how partnering with the URI College of Engineering can help transform your ideas into impactful, real-world innovations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Rhode Island College of Engineering provides a unique opportunity for Rhode Island businesses to accelerate innovation through strategic partnerships. As a designated knowledge provider for the RI Innovation Voucher Program administered by Commerce Rhode Island, the College offers access to cutting-edge research expertise and advanced engineering facilities. Whether you are a startup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5354,"featured_media":0,"parent":82757,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-82092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85347,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82092\/revisions\/85347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}