The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx) brings together industry and university expertise to solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities - from research partnerships and intellectual property (patents) to laboratory and specialized equipment/research services.  

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Spotlight on Ohio Research & Innovation News

The Ohio State University’s Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the President’s Buckeye Accelerator Finale.  Eleven student-led startups competed for six spots in the year-long accelerator and $50,000 each to support their ventures....

A team of second-year medical students at Northeast Ohio Medical University and a business analytics graduate student from Kent State University earned Best in Digital Health at the University of Utah’s Bench to Bedside competition for their innovation -- Dream AI -- an electronic health record add-on that aims to revolutionize the diagnosis of sleep apnea by leveraging modern health record advancements and machine learning...

Youngstown State University placed fourth overall in the e-Human Powered Vehicle Challenge at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Festival, competing against 15 other teams ..

OIEx by the Numbers

Ohio's universities house a wealth of specialized knowledge and research equipment waiting to be tapped by businesses and industry

10

of Ohio's top research universities

More than

10,000

expert profiles from across Ohio

More than

31,000

searchable patents from hundreds of fields of research

More than

740

specialized services

More than

2,000

examples of laboratory equipment