The Queen's University innovation ecosystem is committed to providing guidance to stakeholders on the knowledge mobilization and/or commercialization of intellectual property arising from research and innovation activities in a manner that considers the potential to generate impact (economic or social) for the region, province of Ontario, and Canada - supporting the growth of the knowledge-based economy with products, services, and/or polices brought to the marketplace for public benefit and to advance a sustainable future.
In collaboration with our partners the Queen's University Innovation Ecosystem provides support in seven key categories.
Knowledge Mobilization & Entrepreneurship
Partnerships and Innovation
- Queen’s startup runway incubation program
- Wings Acceleration program
- Growth Catalyst Program
- Growth Acceleration program
- Life Science Venture Builder program
- The Foundry program (in collaboration with the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre)
- Various Other Go-to-Market Services
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
- QYourVenture program
- Queen's Innovation Centre Summer Initiative
- The Foundry program (in collaboration with Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation)
- Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship for African Entrepreneurs
Smith School of Business
Mitacs
The many partners in the Kingston innovation ecosystem offer numerous workshops and events. For information about the workshops and events available for Queen’s students, please visit the Queen's events calendar . For information about workshops and events for entrepreneurs, startups and established companies in the Kingston community and surrounding areas, refer to the following sources:
- Queen's Partnerships and Innovation workshops and events
- Workshops supporting entrepreneurs, startups, and Small to Medium-sized Enterprises - Topics range from IP and patent protection, to marketing and sales, to finance, to cybersecurity, etc.
- Resource for Research @ Queen’s series - Topics include IP, partnerships, commercialization, data management, ethics and research contract negotiation
- Kingston Economic Development Corporation workshops and events
- St. Lawrence College workshops and events
- Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre events
- Smith School of Business
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
Smith School of Business
Smith Engineering
Funding
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
Smith School of Business
Smith School of Business
Mentorship
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
Smith School of Business
Community
Queen's Partnerships and Innovation
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre
Innovation
The Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation team has patent agents and other staff members who can provide advice on patentability, commercialization, and other intellectual property matters. Contact us to discuss your inventions and other intellectual property, and potential pathways to commercialization.
As required of Queen’s University Faculty Association faculty members, please fill out and submit a disclosure form which documents an invention and helps the Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation team with an evaluation of the commercial potential:
If Queen’s makes an offer to commercialize an invention by a Queen's researcher, the following is the template used as a starting point to discuss a commercialization project:
Partnerships
Centre for Advanced Computing
Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre
Queen's Business Law Clinic
queenslawclinics.ca/business-law
Queen's Partnerships and Innovation
queensu.ca/partnershipsandinnovation
Smith School of Business
Smith School of Business, Centre for Social Impact
smith.queensu.ca/centres/social-impact
Smith Engineering
School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs
Faculty of Arts and Science
Queen's Health Sciences
Faculty of Education
Promotion
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