Research commercialization
Commercialize your technology at ASU
The Fulton Schools and ASU offer many resources to support faculty on every step of the path to research commercialization, from applying for a patent to obtaining seed funding. This page describes current resources and programs.
How to get started
Contact Visar Berisha, Associate Dean of Research Commercialization, if you are interested in a preliminary discussion about potential commercialization ventures.
Are you a student?
This page is for faculty entrepreneurship ventures. Student research commercialization opportunities can be found at the Fulton Schools’ Entrepreneurship and Innovation website.
Commercialization resources at ASU and the Fulton Schools
Explore your idea and engage in customer discovery
Do you have an idea and wonder if it’s commercially viable? Start here.
Take a Startup School course (Stage 1)
Stage 1 of ASU Startup School is a valuable opportunity for all types of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thinkers to advance their ideas into sustainable ventures. Learn how to adopt and practice an entrepreneurial mindset.
Learn about I-Corps
I-Corps is an innovative entrepreneurial training program funded and supported by the National Science Foundation. ASU is the home of the Desert and Pacific Region hub, which offers training and support for faculty entrepreneurs.
Apply for I-Corps
I-Corps offers a four-week remote training program in which seasoned entrepreneurs will teach you how to test the market through customer discovery and how to create a business strategy.
Protect and disclose intellectual property
Ready to turn your idea into an invention and safeguard your rights?
Contact Skysong
Skysong Innovations is ASU’s exclusive intellectual property management company. Contact Skysong directly to learn more about how they can support you.
Submit an invention disclosure
As soon as you believe you have a potentially patentable invention, you should notify Skysong by completing the Invention Disclosure form. Skysong staff will walk through next steps such as technology evaluation and IP protection.
Form and license your startup
Ready to form a company or license your technology? Here’s how to proceed.
Take E+I course on licensing
The J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation (E+I) Institute offers a course that walks you through the different types of business licenses.
Take Startup School course (Stage 2)
Stage 2 of ASU Startup School is a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs and ventures, including small businesses, social enterprises, high-tech startups, corporate innovators, and community organizers, to scale their ideas into successful companies. Learn to find your path to delivering and capturing value.
Sustain and grow your company
You’ve started up. Now, how do you grow, scale and sustain your impact?
Apply for the Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors Program (FEPP)
The Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors Program is a competitive fellowship program sponsored by the Fulton Schools of Engineering. It is designed to provide Engineering faculty at the cusp of technology commercialization with the time and resources to learn and live entrepreneurship, and, in so doing, to accelerate the success of their ventures and multiply the impact of their research.
Apply for a Fulton Founder in Residence (FIRE) fellowship
FIRE fellowships are designed to support late-stage PhD students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff building ventures to commercialize their technology.
Find SBIR/STTR resources
ASU’s central Research Administration webpage offers resources that will help you to apply to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants from US federal research agencies.
Engage with investor networks
E+I offers a variety of resources and services for the local entrepreneurial community: community workshops and events, entrepreneurship training, a mentors network, and community spaces.
Partner with Skysong Innovations
Skysong Innovations is ASU’s exclusive intellectual property management company.
Skysong serves to support ASU faculty through the patent and business development process, with the goal of rapid and wide dissemination of ASU discoveries and inventions into the marketplace.
Skysong office hours
Meet with SkySong representatives to discuss your technology and next steps for commercialization.
Wednesdays, 2–4 p.m.
Available in person or via Zoom
- Tempe Campus – Biodesign A204
- Polytechnic Campus – Santa Catalina 138
- Health Futures Center – HFC Conference Room 314