Innovation Mobilization and Partnerships

Innovation Mobilization and Partnerships (IMP), part of the Office of the VP Research, has a two-part, interrelated mandate:

• Innovation Mobilization: Creating significant and sustainable value for society, industry and the environment, by helping researchers explore pathways to impact for their innovations, including patenting, licensing, and venture creation.
• Partnerships: Helping researchers engage in strategic partnerships and creating strong innovation ecosystem partnerships to pave the way to innovation impact. 

IMP’s services and supports span the lab-to-market spectrum:

• Forging strategic research partnerships
  • Industry engagement and partnerships
  • Contracts and agreements with industry, governments and community partners
• Delivering solutions for society, industry and the environment
  • Intellectual property
  • Technology transfer
  • Enterprise creation
  • Research and commercialization legal services