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The Ohio Innovation Exchange Launched by the Ohio Department of Higher Education
The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx) is an initiative of the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) built on the technologies licensed from Digital Science and Research Solutions, Inc. a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities at key points along the full cycle of research. OIEx was originally developed by four Ohio universities with industry support from the Ohio Manufacturing Institute. OIEx is now a publicly available platform that, in its current phase, provides industry in search of expertise with free access to more than 8,250 faculty members and 900 resources from the following universities:
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland State University
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- The University of Akron
- The University of Cincinnati
From research partnerships, intellectual property, and technology licensing opportunities to business development and even student internships, OIEx brings those connections to bear, and the scope of OIEx will expand further as other institutions join.
“It is critical to our state’s economy that we utilize every aspect of our knowledge and innovation talent across the public and private sectors” said ODHE Chancellor John Carey. “We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve created with OIEx - better connecting the experts and resources at our state research universities to the industries that can utilize them to push their breakthrough ideas to fruition.”