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 Crosby 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.
• MU engages the Company in initiatives such as Mizzou Advantage.
• Company employs a material number of MU graduates in the field of their degree.
• Company sponsors MU innovation-related programs such the MU Bio-design Innovation Program or an entrepreneurship course or initiative at the Trulaske College of Business.
• Company is an approved client of the Missouri Innovation Center (potential for high growth and located in, or planning to locate in, mid-Missouri).