Short Description: Google Maps for university research, providing strategic insights based on continuously updated, searchable maps of academic publications.
Lessons Learned: 1) Finding the right university partner can block smaller industry teams pursuing SBIRs. 2) Larger companies seek collaborators with proven industry partnership success. 3) For universities, “asset mapping” — identifying available people, research, and resources — is also a blocker. It complicates strategic planning and efforts to evaluate new initiatives or benchmark strengths against peer institutions.
Names and Affiliation of Team members:
Colin Twomey, PhD, Executive Director, Data Driven Discovery Initiative, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences
Pamela Beatrice, PhD, Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering Licensing, Penn Center for Innovation
Website: https://uatlas.com
