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Industry Relations – UNL Office of Research & Economic Development

Industry Relations works with companies of all sizes and UNL faculty & staff to advance public-private partnerships that involve UNL with a focus on research collaborations.

About

Industry Relations connects the resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) with the private sector, with a focus on facilitating and advancing UNL’s research collaborations and partnerships with companies.

Industry Relations works with companies of all sizes, representing all sectors and geographies, to access UNL resources, including, but not limited to: faculty expertise for R&D; specialized equipment and labs for testing and technical services; and undergraduate and graduate student talent. We can be your point of contact for an array of UNL-industry engagements and will guide you through the processes and policies associated with specific projects and collaborative arrangements, including sponsored research, contracts and agreements, co-location or locating at Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC), student design and capstone projects, instrumentation and lab use, and professional development opportunities, such as executive education and short-courses.

Industry Relations, likewise, works with faculty, staff and leadership across all UNL colleges and administrative units to support their interactions with industry, and to build internal UNL capacity and programming to engage with industry across the spectrum of UNL’s tripartite land grant mission of teaching, research and service. We are co-located on Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC) with NUtech Ventures—UNL’s licensing and IP management group—and Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation—the 501 C3 non-profit corporation which administers NIC—to provide coordinated engagements between your company, UNL and NIC.  

Services Provided

Management Issues

  • Professional / Leadership Development
  • Recruiting Assistance

Financial Resources and Assistance

  • Obtaining Government Funding
  • Technology Grants

Operations and Logistics

  • Quality Improvement (Supply Chain, Six Sigma)

Networking Organizations

  • Industry Specific (Specialty)
  • Small Business/General (Specialty)

Selling to the Government and Large Corporations

  • Subcontracting Opportunities

Office, Incubator, Accelerator, Laboratory, Kitchen and Meeting Space

  • Conference/Meeting and Event Space

Technical Assistance

  • Commercialization
  • Industrial Technology Research
  • Technology Transfer

Training

  • Business Plan Training and Assistance

Product Development

  • Product Design and Development

Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development

  • Augmented / Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and / or Holographic
  • Commercialization
  • High Tech Development
  • Industrial Technology Research (Specialty)
  • Life Sciences Development (Specialty)
  • Manufacturing Development (Specialty)
  • Pollution Prevention
  • Quality Improvement (Supply Chain, Six Sigma)
  • Science/Bioscience Seminars
  • Technology Transfer (Specialty)
  • Wet Lab Incubator

Human Resources

  • Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
  • Retention

Internship Programs and Student Services

  • Internship Program
  • Student Marketing Projects
  • Student Research Projects
Contact Information
Ryan Anderson
Address
2021 Transformation Drive
Suite 2220
Lincoln, NE 68510