Driving Innovation
Driving Innovation
A laser treatment at the dermatologist’s office. A hydrogen fuel station off the freeway. A wearable device that spots a health problem before it becomes serious. They span different technologies and industries, but each innovation has a story that leads back to UC Irvine.
UC Irvine holds over 1200 patents, and the University’s innovations have helped launch more than 191 companies, creating new products, treatments, jobs and expertise across the region.
Transforming a discovery into something people can actually use takes more than a good idea, it takes intentional resources. UC Irvine’s Beall Applied Innovation, Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic, and Institute for Clinical & Translational Science are only a few examples of the system supporting researchers in protecting their inventions, finding funding, testing new technologies and building a path to market.
Next time you encounter something that makes everyday life a little healthier, cleaner or easier, you might be engaging with an idea that started at UC Irvine.
In Focus
There has been $58.9 billion total investment in, and returns from, UC Irvine startups.
40 percent of that investment has stayed in Southern California.
$11.1 billion has gone directly into Orange County's economy.
Program Spotlights
Proof of Product grant program
UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation
Proof of Product is UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation's flagship grant program, giving researchers up to $100,000 to build prototypes and generate the data that make an early discovery credible to investors. For every dollar UC Irvine has invested in PoP, the university has seen $1.04 return through contracted research.
Photonic Incubator
UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic is committed to the dissemination of technologies through commercialization. In 1999, the Photonic Incubator was opened as one of the first incubators in the UC system. Part of the institute’s expansion, the Photonic Incubator houses several start-up companies that collaborate with UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic faculty in the development of light-based medical devices.
MORE INNOVATION IMPACT
Beckman Laser Institute
Internationally recognized for research and innovation, UC Irvine’s Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic pioneers laser therapies that have improved millions of lives worldwide.
Beall Applied Innovation
UC Irvine’s Beall Applied Innovation connects researchers with industry to move discoveries from campus into products, companies and markets that fuel economic growth.
Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
The UC Irvine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science team provides a range of resources and services to UCI investigators to accelerate scientific discoveries and medical breakthroughs in the lab and translate them into life-altering health care.
