University-Industry Collaborative Research Groups

With 70+ Research Centers and Institutes, UMass Amherst has a variety of vehicles for engaging industry partners in large, interdisciplinary research initiatives designed to transfer technology and knowledge in key areas of science out into society.

Baystate-UMass Biomedical Research Institute
MassNanotech
The Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE)
Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Institute (SEPRI)
Clean Energy Special Interest Group
Computational Biology Special Interest Group
The Environmental Institute (TEI)
The Virtual Center for Supernetworks and Lab for Computation and Visualization

Contact RL&D to learn more about partnership options for these and other initiatives.

RL&D Benefits Corporate Partners

• Creates access: your gateway to UMass and the region

• Communicates corporate trends and strategic needs to campus/community audience

• Fosters relationships: provides advocacy, communication and stewardship

• Promotes exchange of talent and intellectual property, resulting in recruiting and R&D competitive edge

• Works for mutual satisfaction and gain: win-win relationship