= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5eef2ff9-7fff-82c0-c703-661e30c4f2d9"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faculty at The Ohio State University are renowned academic researchers, creating applications with potential for widespread impact in areas ranging from third world public health solutions, all the way to access to basic resources and materials while maximizing cost efficiency. However, recent assessments of faculty perception of I&E innovation and entrepreneurship on campus has yielded some troubled thoughts on what faculty </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thinks </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is available to help see their ideas through the product life-cycle, and what is </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">actually </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">available. Faculty have a misperception that there is a lack of resources designated towards them specifically.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5eef2ff9-7fff-82c0-c703-661e30c4f2d9"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The reality of the situation is that there are several organizations on campus aimed at assisting faculty in entrepreneurial endeavors. Adjunct faculty in the Department of Biomedical Informatics have been widely successful with a number of commercial activities, ranging from consultancy work to founding and creating their own software and clinical workflow startups. In fact, many of these startups have gone on to become mainstream components of the Ohio State University workflow and gold standards, a feat depicting the high levels of support that are offered to faculty through organizations like TechColumbusRev1 Ventures, BioOhio and the Technology Commercialization Office and IDEA Studio at Ohio State.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdanaMore recent innovative efforts from faculty members have sparked new ideas that address how current technology can increase productivity and engagement in the classroom. Innovate hosts an annual conference at Ohio State than brings educators,genevaadministrators,sansand tech-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5eef2ff9-7fff-82c0-c703-661e30c4f2d9"><span style="color: rgb(102professionals together to enhance student learning through reimagined best practices and innovative approaches that utilize recent technological advances. From incorporating virtual and augmented reality into learning methodologies to addressing access and affordability, this group is innovating solutions to some of the university’s most pressing issues. Overall, 102engagement with large corporate innovation remains heavily in the silos of specific research departments. As a whole, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the university is looking to use their Corporate Development office as a tool to facilitate touchpoints with companies looking for innovative technologies or sponsored university projects. One of the best examples of this is the Institute for Materials Research which connects its network of faculty and researchers to companies looking to solve their toughest problems with physical materials. Recently, Ohio State became part of the KERN Entrepreneurship Education Network. Essentially, this partnership provides a foundation to increase the amount of faculty engagement with I&E. Lastly, the Institute for Materials Research connects its network of faculty and researchers to companies looking for help solving their most pressing problems. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, they provide exceptional results and access to companies.</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div>
= University Technology Transfer Function =