The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx) brings together industry and university expertise to solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities - from research partnerships and intellectual property (patents) to laboratory and specialized equipment/research services.  

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Spotlight on Ohio Research & Innovation News

Two Bowling Green State University students won a second-place for their work on airport safety awarded by Airport Cooperative Research Program University Design Competition, a program of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The Ohio State University has joined the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory, a coalition of leading research universities dedicated to advancing quantum science, technology, education and workforce development across the American Midwest. 

Industrial design students at the University of Cincinnati testing their design skills through the Experiential Explorations Program, collaborating with Sensory Robotics for the company's future robotic arm technology.

OIEx by the Numbers

Ohio's universities house a wealth of specialized knowledge and research equipment waiting to be tapped by businesses and industry

More than

13,500

academic experts from across Ohio

12

of Ohio's research active universities

More than

31,000

searchable patents from hundreds of fields of research

More than

2,350

research support resources

More than

615,000

publications, a proxy to expertise