How to engage with research
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.
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