Delaware Technology Park
1 Innovation Way, Suite 302
Newark, DE 19711

phone: 302-831-7140
fax: 302-831-7240
website: www.udel.edu/oeip/
e-mail: oeip-info@udel.edu

The Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships at the University of Delaware enables outside entities to access the University’s knowledge-based assets and provides UD personnel support to form partnerships outside the University. OEIP's goal is to establish the University as a recognized center of invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, partnering and economic development.

OEIP acts as a gateway to the University’s knowledge-based assets in several areas: 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
OEIP stimulates entrepreneurial thinking among students, faculty and staff across campus. OEIP supports innovation and entrepreneurship through initiatives such as the Entrepreneur in Residence program and a lecture series that features nationally and internationally recognized entrepreneurs and business leaders. OEIP provides University entrepreneurs with business, marketing, financial & legal expertise to enable commercialization of University inventions.

Partnerships
OEIP develops a network of partnerships that creates value for the University and results in economic development in the state and region. Current partnerships include the U.S. Army and units at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Strategic Diagnostics Inc. and Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, the National Science Foundation through its Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, the National Institutes of strategic planning group, and the Coalition of INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) States, among others.

Intellectual Property and Asset Development
OEIP develops, leverages and markets the university's portfolio of intellectual property to efficiently capture value from the intellectual property through new start-up businesses, license agreements, equity positions. The Intellectual Property Center within OEIP provides advice and counsel to UD faculty, staff and students regarding the disclosure of innovations, patents, copyrights, trademarks, contracts, and other research-related agreements. The Intellectual Property Asset Development Group is responsible for the commercialization of all intellectual property developed at the University of Delaware.

Small Business Development Center
OEIP is home to the Delaware Small Business Development Center, which provides readily available, broad-based resources to the small business and entrepreneur.