Company Profile
Office of Commercialization & Industry Collaboration
Company Overview
The Office of Commercialization and Industry Collaboration works with members of the University of South Alabama community to deliver their discoveries from concept to commerce to benefit the University, the inventors and the public.
The University of South Alabama is fortunate to be strategically located in an international commercial hub providing unprecedented opportunities for scholars and students in our 10 schools and colleges to explore the frontiers of their fields.
USA's research efforts, in their extraordinary breadth and vigor, pay economic dividends that ripple throughout Mobile and the Central Gulf Coast region. Given the University's coastal location, its many innovations in marine science, coastal weather forecasting and research, coastal resilience and environmental fields are not surprising. USA researchers are also creating new nanomaterials, attracting the interest of Mobile's burgeoning aerospace industry.
At South, undergraduate and graduate students have opportunities to work with faculty researchers in a wide range of areas, from medical research, to engineering, to sociology to music. In addition, the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (UCUR) provides a limited number of summer research fellowships designed for rising University of South Alabama junior or senior students.
As the region's premier health care provider, USA continually generates medical research aimed at improving the quality of life. At the same time, USA's cybersecurity experts are working hard to stay ahead of the hackers. And at the University's Technology & Research Park, USA harbors a technology incubator for new tech businesses.
USA considers this synergy between research and economic development to be an obligation, not merely a fortunate byproduct of academic pursuits. Together, the University and the community it serves are building a significant regional innovation ecosystem.
Company History
The USA Office of Commercialization and Industry Collaboration was founded in the USA College of Medicine in 1995 as the Office of Technology Transfer. Since its inception, the function of the office has expanded from intellectual property management to include material transfer agreements, sponsored research, industry collaboration, entrepreneurship and USA start-up companies, and much more. We now consider our office an integral part of USA's strategic initiatives in research and economic development.
Since its founding in 1963, the University of South Alabama has offered a superb, well-rounded educational experience with high academic standards. USA’s fields of concentration are remarkably diverse, encompassing business, the liberal arts, education, engineering, computing, the sciences and health care.
USA’s commitment to student success includes small class sizes and hands-on research opportunities in 100 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs. The undergraduate honors program for highly motivated and accomplished students includes course work and extracurricular activities throughout the four years of a student's undergraduate career.
USA has educated:
2,500 physicians, one-third of the area's doctors
18,600 teachers and school administrators, including 85 percent of Mobile's public school teachers
11,500 business and accounting professionals
10,400 nurses
7,100 engineering and computing professionals
5,600 allied health professions
In health care, USA provides students with an exceptional medical education through the colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health Professions. At the same time, the USA Health System serves the region with advanced and innovative care through the USA Physicians Group, USA Medical Center, USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital and the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute.
USA annually enrolls more than 16,000 students and has awarded 80,000 degrees in its 52-year history. The University’s Mitchell-Moulton Scholarship Initiative, a $25-million matching challenge, is strengthening USA’s commitment to expanding opportunities for current and future students.
Benefits
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