Technology Commercialization

The Office of Technology Transfer, housed in the FedEx Institute, invests in promising new innovations that have the potential to be breakthrough commercial products. In addition, we license valuable intellectual property to local companies that allows them an exclusive opportunity to develop cutting-edge technologies. This provides revenue to the university and to the inventors that support and encourage development of new science and technology innovations. This transfer of technologies from the university should impact the region's economy by influencing new business ventures, strengthening existing enterprises and fueling further research.

Corporate Engagement

The FedEx Institute serves as a gateway to introduce business leaders to the university's research capabilities, thereby building value-added relationships with our corporate partners. We engage local corporations in a way that leads to collaborations with faculty and provides employment opportunities to students. Our corporate engagement efforts bring the university in touch with a wide contingent of corporate, government and non-profit leaders, decision makers and innovators of Memphis and Shelby County.

Entrepreneurship

The FedEx Institute supports the next generation of startups with programs that help students and faculty develop their own companies. The Crews Ventures Lab (CVL), a program of the FedEx Institute, will be the core of entrepreneurial collaboration for the campus by joining together the top students and faculty with the best possible resources, mentors, technology and physical space. The CVL will provide a place for University of Memphis-based technology start-ups to be built and launched.

The FedEx Institute Corporate Advisory Board is made up of ten business leaders who assist the Institute in realizing its potential and maximizing its impact on the local community. To see the list of Advisory Board members Click Here