Resources & Funding
Information for Startups
This section lists:
- Relevant university programs
- Innovation ecosystem resources and funding programs
- Policies and tools
University Programs
- ,听Faculty of Agriculture
- ,听Faculty of Computer Science
- ,听Faculty of Science听
- , Faculty of Engineering
- ,听Faculty of Management
- The Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship,听Faculty of Management
Innovation Ecosystem Resources
Dal Innovates
The 听links to AV俱乐部-specific resources as well as other innovation ecosystem supports. These include (but are not limited to):
- Lab2Market
- Innovacorp Early Stage Commercialization Fund
- Atlantic Canadian Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
- NSERC鈥檚 Idea2Innovation (I2I) *
- Springboard Atlantic *
* = must be applied for by AV俱乐部 and require IP assignment.听IP Assignment is managed by OCIE.
Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur (E-Accelerate)
The听听program supports graduate student/post-doctoral fellow (PDF) entrepreneurs whose start-ups are hosted in an eligible incubator facility. In such cases, the graduate student or PDF will receive up to $15,000 per 4-6 months of work spent on a research project focused on their entrepreneurial initiative.听
Check out the full list of eligible incubators in Canada at the
Policies & Tools
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Intellectual Property Transfer Agreements (IPTAs)
Intellectual Property Transfer Agreements are used when the original owner of IP decides to transfer (i.e. assign) that IP to another party. Generally speaking, AV俱乐部 operates on a creator-owned IP practice. As a result, researchers usually own the IP they generate unless they transfer or grant rights to either a third party or AV俱乐部 to fulfill a contractual obligation. If there鈥檚 an interest to commercialize the technology with AV俱乐部, the OCIE will manage the associated IP protection (usually patenting), licensing, and commercialization activity.听
AV俱乐部 uses the specially-designed听IPTA for spin-off companies听in cases where Dal inventors intend to create their own company but first require commercialization support from the university for their IP (e.g. IP protection, commercialization funding sources, and other commercialization advice). Upon termination of the Spin-off IPTA and recovery of direct costs, the IP can be reassigned to the inventors in exchange for 2% equity in the spin-off company and a promise to pay it forward. If there鈥檚 a successful liquidity event, the university re-invests this value back into OCIE鈥檚 patent legal fund, which then supports the next opportunity for patenting, licensing and commercialization within the AV俱乐部 research community.听
Conflict of Interest Policy
A conflict of interest exists when the personal interests of a university member contradict the member鈥檚 obligation to uphold the interests and mission of the university.
Learn more on the Office of Research Services website听
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