Our mission is to cultivate, protect, and commercialize inventions and discoveries which result from research and scholarly activities conducted at the University of Rhode Island.

Intellectual Property

Protecting researchers inventions. Partnering with Industry.

Intellectual Property

URI Ventures

Discoveries lead to new companies, cutting-edge patents, and innovative public-private partnerships.

URI Research Foundation

Polaris MEP

Guides Rhode Island manufacturers to sustainable growth

Polaris MEP

RI SBDC

Provides Rhode Island small business owners with the services and expertise they need to succeed

RISBDC

URI Professor Walt Besio launched the medical device company – CREmedical Corporation

His technology is bringing new brain monitoring and therapy devices to market. CREmedical’s system dramatically increases the resolution, signal quality, and effectiveness over conventional devices.Read More

 

URI Professors Yana Reshetnyak and Oleg Andreev transferring technology to the market.

pHLIP Inc. was formed in 2015 to enable pH Low Insertion Peptide (pHLIP) targeted delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, prophylactic, and research agents to cells in diseased, acidic tissues including cancers, ischemic myocardium, inflammatory arthritis, and stroke.
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