Examples of activities that qualify as eligible collaborations with MU:

• Company licenses MU Intellectual Property.
• Company submits SBIR/STTR grants with MU as R&D subcontractor.
• Company participates in MU-initiated grants (such as Life Science Research Trust Fund).
• Company funds sponsored research at MU.
• Company provides experiential learning opportunities for MU students (e.g., providing projects for courses such as the Capstone Design Course in biological engineering and the consulting courses in the MBA program
• Company employees contribute time to MU in adjunct faculty or other roles.
• Company engages MU faculty as consultants.
• MU engages company personnel as consultants (committee appointments, reviewers).
• Company and MU researchers publish jointly.
• Company and MU jointly organize seminars, conferences, training courses or similar professional events.
• Company employs a material number of MU graduates in the field of their degree.
• Company is an approved client of the Missouri Innovation Center (potential for high growth and located in, or planning to locate in, mid-Missouri)