Partnerships & Innovation at CU Boulder

Partnerships & Innovation

Through powerful collaborations with entrepreneurs, government and industry partners, our research and innovation community is equipped with the skills and support needed to accelerate ideas through the entire innovation lifecycle, from idea to impact.

ÌýÌýVenture Partners at CU Boulder

Venture PartnersÌýtranslates groundbreaking solutions into economic and social impact by buildingÌýnew ventures fromÌýworld-leading research and creative works.

ÌýÌýInnovation & Entrepreneurship

Innovation & Entrepreneurship helps our 35,530 students, 4,400Ìýfaculty and 5,050 staff understand what it means to be an entrepreneur and innovator.

AB NexusÌýspurs innovation and economic developmentÌýby expanding research collaborations between the CUÌýAnschutzÌýand CU BoulderÌýcampuses.

Partners with regional universities and laboratories, links closely with quantum-intensive companies, and serves a spectrum of local, regional and national interests.

Dedicated to providing high-impact national security research and workforce development enabled by world-class research scientists and essential infrastructure.Ìý

ÌýÌýThe Climate Innovation Collaboratory

A nationally competitive, convening body that enables climate action with global, real-world impact through technology and market development.

CU Boulder’s Workforce Development Hub provides inspiration, education and resources for staff, faculty and researchers to build and grow flexible and impactful learner programs.

ÌýÌýNational Laboratory Partnerships

Through partnerships with national labs, CU Boulder researchers conduct impactful science across a wide range of disciplines and train the workforce of the future.

ÌýÌýIndustry & Foundation Relations

IFR connects local, national and international companies to the people, services, projects and resources they need to support business growth and development.

ÌýÌýAeroSpace Ventures

CU Boulder'sÌýAeroSpace VenturesÌýinitiative empowers faculty, students and industrial researchers toÌýenvision and create the future for space and Earth systems.

ÌýÌýGrand Challenge

CU Boulder's Grand ChallengeÌýOur Space. Our Future.ÌýaddressesÌýthe pace and pattern of changes for our environment, our resources and ourÌýplanet.

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CU Boulder is theÌý#2 most innovative tech hub in the U.S. (Forbes, 2015)

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179 startup ventures spun out of university technology

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#13 Top U.S. University Entrepreneurship Competitions
(Times of Entrepreneurship, 2020)

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$8B economic impactÌýnationally from CU Boulder commercializations, 2018–2022

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Research and expertise across CUÌýBoulder.

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Our 12Ìýresearch institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUÌýBoulder.

A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUÌýBoulder research.

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More than 75 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.

Research and expertise across CUÌýBoulder.

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Our 12Ìýresearch institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUÌýBoulder.

More than 75 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.

A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUÌýBoulder research.

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