Membership Benefits
- Access to Intellectual Property: Members gain access to previously conducted research and solutions.
- Direct influence on research direction: Industry
- members define priorities and desired deliverables, shaping the research being conducted to their specific needs.
- Access to a multi-disciplinary research team: Researchers with many different specialities from a variety of partner institutions come together to complement each other’s strengths.
- Cost efficiency: For an annual membership fee, companies obtain an entire research team, a level of technical depth and speed rarely achievable through a single hire.
- Fast, high-quality outcomes: Teams focused on industry needs typically deliver faster, more complete results than traditional procurement routes.
- Voting rights: Full members receive one vote and associate members receive half a vote on the center’s business or project selection.
Consider what your money buys in hiring terms, perhaps one new hire? As an IUCRC member, that same investment grants access to a team of world-class professors, researchers, and graduate students who deliver higher-quality, multidisciplinary solutions and NSF-backed research, multiplying the impact of your investment.