The Grainger College of Engineering

How to engage with research

Two male engineers performing research on a superconducting machine at the Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) Research and Development Center in Champaign, Illinois.
Superconducting machine research at Grainger Engineering’s POETS Research and Development
Center. This is an example of sponsored research with Hinetics, a small business and POETS
member, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Building upon a legacy of excellence, our exceptional faculty and researchers, award-winning graduates and industrious students know that the greatest impacts come from collaboration.

Research is one of the most rewarding and complex ways to partner with Grainger Engineering. Not sure where to begin? Our research engagement tool can help. Answering a few questions about the types of investments your corporation would like to make along with the desired results will help point you in the best direction.

Your responses will point you to one or more of the four most common ways corporations take part in academic research. Please keep in mind, all of these are customizable through our Corporate Relations experts. Completing the tool is a first step to designing an opportunity that maximizes our partnership potential.

If you find you don’t know or aren’t sure about the answers, we recommend contacting The Grainger Engineering Corporate Relations Team.

Common research partnerships

  • Consortium and Center Models
    Research consortia and centers often involve multiple academic disciplines and departments, and occasionally multi-institutional groups creating partnerships with teams of academic, industry and government researchers pursuing a common technological interest.
  • Research Institute Partnerships
    An institute is generally founded around a specific area of expertise, such as cyber security or sustainability, and focuses on research that is applicable to the industry partner’s needs.
  • Individual Faculty Directed Research
    An agreement where an industry partner defines a research project and works directly with faculty’s research group.
  • Gift Research
    This type of research gift comes from an individual, industry stakeholder or organization that wishes to promote research in a given field and does not wish to participate in the direction or outcome of the research.

The Grainger Engineering Corporate Relations Team is ready to build connections that will help meet your goals, create opportunities for students and build a better future for all.

Research Engagement Survey Tool

What are you hoping to achieve?

Corporate Inputs

Level of Financial Investment

Timeline

Employee Commitment (number of employee hours per week)

Company Resources (excluding labor)

Desired Results

Technology Readiness

Increasing Understanding of Emerging Trends

R&D

Control Over Results

IP Rights

Student Recruitment

Results

Thank you for completing The Grainger College of Engineering research engagement survey. Your responses indicate working with a consortium or center may be the best fit because there is a low to moderate research fee, strong access to faculty and students, lower technology readiness levels, and shared ownership of results and findings.

Please provide your contact information below, and a member of the Corporate Relations team will contact you. Or you may contact Corporate Relations at engrcorprel@illinois.edu. We look forward to partnering with you.

Thank you for completing The Grainger College of Engineering research engagement survey. Your responses indicate supporting a research institute may be the best fit because this type of research features flexible timelines, high control over process and results, negotiable intellectual property agreements, modest to low student engagement and a moderate to high level of investment. Please provide your contact information below, and a member of the Corporate Relations team will contact you. Or you may contact Corporate Relations at engrcorprel@illinois.edu. We look forward to partnering with you.

Thank you for completing The Grainger College of Engineering research engagement survey. Your responses indicate sponsoring research may be the best fit because this type of research features projects with defined research objectives, negotiable intellectual property agreements, a defined period of performance and a moderate to high level of investment . Please provide your contact information below, and a member of the Corporate Relations team will contact you. Or you may contact Corporate Relations at engrcorprel@illinois.edu. We look forward to partnering with you.

Thank you for completing The Grainger College of Engineering research engagement survey. Your responses indicate supporting research through a gift may be the best fit because this type of research tends to have flexible costs, minimal paperwork , low control over process and results, and a variety of options for student engagement. Please provide your contact information below, and a member of the Corporate Relations team will contact you. Or you may contact Corporate Relations at engrcorprel@illinois.edu. We look forward to partnering with you.

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