Cutting-Edge Science:
- Access lab-on-a-chip expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing and university research facilities.
- Early access to pre-competitive center research discoveries.
- Non-exclusive royalty-free license to CADMIM research inventions.
- If only one member is interested in an invention, they may obtain an exclusive fee-bearing license.
- Multiple members can obtain an exclusive fee-bearing license to an invention, separated by field of use.
Relationship Building:
- Collaborative development of solutions to corporate challenges with innovative, world class faculty
- Regular networking with customers and competitors.
- Identify and hire students and post-docs trained in company-relevant research and technologies.
- Build the foundation for more competition-sensitive collaborations:
- Partner with faculty in pursuing external technology translation funds for your research interests.
- Engage in sponsored research projects with guaranteed exclusive access to inventions.
Economic Development:
- Cost-effective strategy to seed new research efforts.
- Realize substantial Research Cost Avoidance (see below) and reduced time to market.
- Option to contribute additional funds, at 10% indirect cost, to accelerate center research projects.
- Opportunity for corporate engineers to learn emerging microfluidic techniques and tools.
Membership Fees and Fund Leveraging:
CADMIM utilizes government, academic, and industry resources to support research of interests of the IAB. The annual membership fee for CADMIM is $50,000, which funds center research at 10% indirect cost (compared to ~60% at most universities). CADMIM membership fees are highly leveraged, as members have access to substantially more center resources. The total CADMIM program budget has reached ~$19M over the last 10 years.
