overview of services from innovation york: research agreements, commercialization, entrepreneurship, industry liaison

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Innovation York
VPRI
2015

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Sections
• Innovation York Services Overview
• Mutually Productive Research Partnerships
• Where to Find Industrial Partners
• Value Proposition
• Sources of Funding
• Commercialization
• Entrepreneurship
• Contacts

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• Support trainee &
faculty
entrepreneurship
• Develop industry
partnered research:
sponsored and
contract
• Source research
funding programs
• Mine, assess, &
commercialize
intellectual assets
• Review & negotiate all
agreements &
contracts
Agreements
(Business &
Research)
Commercialization
Entrepreneurship &
Start-up
Accelerator
Industry Liaison
Innovative
Research
Projects
Research
Internships
Entrepreneurship
&Start-ups
Industry
Products&
Services
Commercialization
Revenue
Accelerator
SpaceRevenue
Innovation York
Industry
Innovation York Support Services

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Our Team
Agreements
(Business &
Research)
Commercialization
Entrepreneurship &
Start-up
Accelerator
Industry Liaison &
MCC
Innovation York
Sarah Howe
Director
Innovation York
Cheryl Giblon
Industry Liaison Manager Nilay Goyal
Entrepreneurship Manager
Hassan Jaferi
Commercialization
Manager
Janet Newton
Research Agreements
Officer
Andrea Thomas
Research
Agreements
Coordinator
Yaser Kerachian
Commercialization
Manager

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Year in Review – 2014/2015

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Collaborative
Research
Innovation York – York University VPRI
2015

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Mutually Productive Research Partnerships
For researchers across all disciplines who want to
• Explore research questions
• Solve technical or business problems
• Write publications, or
• Engage their students in real world learning experiences that could even lead to
future employment
Collaborating with Industrial Partners offers access to
• Real world problems and work environments
• Industry funding (in cash and in kind) and government matching grant programs to
assist with funding these research projects.
From exploratory collaborations to multi-million multi-year multi-partner initiatives.
Our goals are to facilitate the development and transfer of new knowledge,
leading to scientific, medical, technological, or social sciences discovery, and to
prepare the next generation of highly qualified workers

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Where to Find Industrial Partners
• VPRI Industry Liaison Support – Cheryl Giblon x 55753
• Tradeshows / Symposiums
• Past Partners
• Recent Graduates – follow where they land
• Faculty / Department / University Open House Events
• Recommendations from Peers
• “Similar to” other companies with interest in your area
• Social Engagements
Always carry Business Cards

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Value Proposition to Offer Industry
• Access to 1400 leading-edge researchers and
thousands of research students
• Standalone and interdisciplinary
• Access to state-of-the-art labs and equipment
• Substantial financial savings
• Can save up to 80% on their R&D costs
• Reduce need for capital equipment investment
• Reduce need for investment in lab space
• Ability to grow without adding headcount

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Amazing Bench Strength
York University Faculties
Education Environmental Studies
School of the Arts, Media,
Performance & Design
Glendon
Graduate Studies Health
Lassonde School of Engineering Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Osgoode Hall Law School Schulich School of Business
Science
York University researchers are particularly adept at inter-disciplinary research
• 11 Faculties
• 25 interdisciplinary and collaborative research centers
• 1400 Principal investigators
• Thousands of research students
Expertise ranges from science and technology to the social sciences, law, and business

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Depth & Breadth Second to None
Selected Research Centres
Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry
Centre for Research on Latin America and the
Caribbean
Centre for Research on Work and Society
The City Institute at York University Institute for Research and Innovation in
Sustainability
Institute for Research on Learning Technologies Institute for Science and Technology Studies
Muscle Health Research Centre York Centre for Asian Research
York Centre for International and Security Studies York Centre for Vision Research
York Institute for Health Research
York’s researchers include many pioneers and global experts who
are committed to working on groundbreaking research that has a
strong positive impact on economic and community development.

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Potential Partnership Path
• Start with small, well-defined projects, working collaboratively, to establish relationships
• NSERC Engage $25K Government Grant with one professor
• OCE VIP Voucher with another professor
• $20K from Government, matched by $5,000 from industry partner in cash; 6 – 12 month project, can add
CONNECT as well
• Upon award of NSERC Engage & OCE VIP, consider MITACS projects to deepen the
collaboration and explore larger research questions
• $15K Accelerate Grants 50/50 split with industry
• $80K Cluster Grants ($44K MITACS / $36K industry)
• Moving forward, choose from Government programs such as NSERC Engage Plus or CRD, OCE
VIP II Grants
• NSERC Engage Plus
• $12.5K from Government, matched by $12.5K from industry partner in cash; 6 month project
• NSERC CRD – Collaborative R&D Grants
• Small to large, single to multi-year programs; Government match – for every dollar from industry
partner in cash + dollar in kind, Government provides up to $2
• OCE VIP II
• $50-75K from Government per year for 2 years, matched annually by $25-37.5K from industry partner in
cash + same in kind; 1 – 2 year project
• Remember IRAP collaboration with OCE for optimizing leverage

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This is fill for
The whole
Area
now
R&D Program Landscape
Program Collaboration Focus
SR&ED Not required Tax credit support for R&D
NRC IRAP IRAP ITA
Optional external
Offset % of R&D cost
Project-based
MITACS Accelerate
NSERC Post-Grad Scholarships
FedDev SEB Internships
OCE Connections
Co-op Programs
Internship positions, small projects
with York University researchers
Talent development and exchange
OCE First Job
NRC IRAP Youth Emp. Strategy
Hiring York University graduates Transfer knowledge through new-hires,
early experience opportunities
NSERC Engage
OCE Technical Problem Solving
CONII College Applied Research
FedDev Collaborative R&D
With York University Build relationship, short-term
engagement
OCE Collaborative Research With York University Research challenge, new IP, multi-year
FedDev Technology Dev. Prog. With York University or not-for-profit
organization
Wide range including problem solving,
demo, market study, clinical trials
NSERC CRD With York University Research challenge, new IP, multi-year
NSERC Partnerships and
Networks
Multiple institutions and companies Strategic research
Canada Foundation for Innovation Company interest Research
More“R”
ResearcherLed
More“D”
CompanyLed
Onyour
own
Talent
Access
Collaboration
Increasingtimehorizon

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Public Startup Support
Program Offer Eligibility / Notes
Courses – Business of Software,
Entrepreneurship 101, Udacity
Business Acceleration Program (BAP)
Administered by MaRS Advisory Services
Advisory services delivered through
Regional Innovation Centres (RICs)
Any high growth potential start-up in Ontario
Accelerators:
Innovation York, VentureLAB
Space, advice, process… Varies, some target students, recent graduates.
Mileage may vary – “graduates”, qualifications?
OCE Market Readiness Cumulative to $650k, through several
stages
Spin-out of Ontario academic research institution
Technology based on academic research.
Matching requirements vary by stage
VentureStart / OCE SmartStart $30,000, 1:1 cash match New entrepreneur, STEM graduate
Embedded Executive / Expertise Programs -
OCE CCR, MaRS, IRAP
Pays for executive to address gap, typically
3-6 month placement
Varies with administrator
Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) Up to $500,000 in return for small equity,
convertible debt
Any Ontario technology-based startup.
FedDev Investing in Business Innovation Co-investment fund with angel investor
networks or venture placement
Southern Ontario small business (<50 employees)
FedDev Prosperity Initiative – Regional
Diversification
Typically <$1M Southern Ontario SME
Repayable contribution toward eligible costs
Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF) Co-investment fund with venture funding Co-investment to help close or top up a venture
investment
Ontario Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF) $100k to $4M per project for up to 50% of
eligible project costs
Advanced, pilot stage
Has mainly be used for cleantech
IncreasinglylikeVentureCapital

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Selected Sources of Funds
• MITACS Accelerate - http://www.mitacs.ca/accelerate
• MITACS Accelerate InDev - http://www.mitacs.ca/accelerate/apply-
now/mitacs-accelerate-indev
• MITACS Elevate - http://www.mitacs.ca/elevate
• OCE Technical Problem Solving - http://www.oce-
ontario.org/programs/commercialization-programs/technical-problem-
solving
• OCE Collaborative Research - http://www.oce-
ontario.org/programs/commercialization-programs/collaborative-research
• OCE Connections - http://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/talent-
programs/connections
• OCE First Job - http://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/talent-programs/first-
job

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Commercialization
2015

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Why Commercialization?
• Recognition for you and your institution
• Satisfaction to see your hard work being used
• Knowledge transfer and wealth/job creation
• Opportunity to get research funding
• Personal financial gain

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You have already developed an intellectual property (IP)
Commercialization at York University
You own the IP based on York University IP policy
You commercialize
your IP yourself
You work with Innovation
York so that you can
focus on your research
Innovation York will share
the risk and reward with
you

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IP agreement with inventors
Inventor
(2/3)
York U
(1/3)
MaRS Innovation-led
Commercialization
* after recovery of commercialization expenses
Inventor
(1/2)
MI (1/4)
York U
(1/4)
Innovation York-led
Commercialization
• York University or MaRS Innovation will become the
commercialization agent
• You still own your IP
• Revenue Sharing

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What Innovation York can do for you
• Technology assessment
• Market research
• Developing IP strategy
• Doing prior art search
• Working with a patent agent
• Paying for the patent costs
• Finding partners

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What Innovation York can do for you
• Helping you to apply to different funding programs (e.g.
NSERC I2I)
• Developing commercialization strategy
• Finding potential licensees
• Negotiating a license deal
• Incorporating a start-up company
• Doing all the legal
• Connecting you to the investors

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The Commercialization Process
You submit a Confidential Invention Disclosure to Innovation York
We sign an IP agreement
with you.
We work with you along the
commercialization pathway.
We exit once the
commercialization is done.
We assess the
commercialization
potential of your
technology
Yes
No
You can
commercialize
the technology
yourself.

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What to think about…
Intellectual Property
• Avoiding public disclosure before IP protection
• IP agreement with your industry partners
• IP arrangement with your research team
• Disclosure to Innovation York to look at potential
opportunities

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Commercialization Examples

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Entrepreneurship
(LaunchYU)
2015

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LaunchYU
York University’s Entrepreneurship Program
Future and current entrepreneurs can explore
entrepreneurship as a viable career option and
create and grow start-up companies.
• Open to students, faculty, staff, & community
• Build high impact for-profit & non-profit ventures
• No cost to participating entrepreneurs

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LaunchYU
York University’s Entrepreneurship Program
Help startups
succeed through
the summer
accelerator
program
Learn about
entrepreneurship
related topics in
workshops &
seminars
Collaborate with
faculties & units
to organize
events & build an
entrepreneurial
ecosystem
Connect through
our networking
events and
online portal
CollideHub
CONNECT COLLABORATE LEARN SUCCEED

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LaunchYU
The Accelerator Program
A 10-week intensive program, designed to
support entrepreneurs as they
Build, Launch, and Scale
their ventures.

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LaunchYU
The Accelerator Program
Scalable
Ventures
Community
Building
Activities
Accelerator
Applications
LaunchYU Accelerator
ProgramventureLAB stream
YEDInstitute stream
Mentors, Workshops,
other resources
Year long March - April May - June July
Pitch
Competition

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Metrics:
LaunchYU Accelerator Program 2015

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Contacts
To discuss your agreements, collaborative research and
commercialization needs, contact
Cheryl Giblon
X 55753
Industry Liaison Manager
cgiblon@yorku.ca
Nilay Goyal
X 20595
Entrepreneurship Manager
goyaln@yorku.ca
Hassan Jaferi
647 531 4681
Commercialization
Manager
techtran@yorku.ca
Yaser Kerachian
416-736-5753
Commercialization
Manager
yaserk@yorku.ca
Janet Newton
X 33786
Research Agreements
Officer
newtonj@yorku.ca
Andrea Thomas
X 33780
Research Agreements
Coordinator
tandrea@yorku.ca