Our connected offering

Our connected offering brings together the expertise and support you need to explore opportunities, develop your ideas and find the right route forward as your needs evolve.

Connected expertise for every stage of the innovation journey

Innovation rarely follows a straight line. Ideas develop through new opportunities, collaborations and challenges, opening up different routes to impact along the way.

Our connected offering brings together expertise across intellectual property, licensing, consultancy, company creation and growth, so you can access the support that's most relevant to what you want to achieve – whether you're exploring an idea, protecting your work, considering creating a company or exploring consultancy.

Start, Protect, Create, Grow and Consult are entry points into our expertise, allowing you to move seamlessly between different types of support without needing to navigate separate services. Begin wherever is right for you and draw on different areas of our support as your research, ideas and ambitions develop. 

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Start

Whether you have a fully formed idea or are still exploring its potential, you don't need to know exactly where it could lead before speaking to us. We can help you understand your options, explore different routes to impact and identify the expertise and support that is most relevant to you. 

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Protect 

If your research or idea has potential, understanding how to protect it can open up opportunities for future development and impact. We can help you understand intellectual property, ownership and your options for protection, as well as explore routes such as licensing to help maximise the impact of your work.

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Grow

Whether you're validating an early idea, developing a proof of concept or preparing for investment, we'll help you find the support that's right for where you are. Explore translational funding, funding opportunities and practical guidance to develop your idea, test its potential and prepare to pitch with confidence. 

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Create

If you're considering turning your research or idea into a company, we'll help you understand whether that's the right route and what it involves. From exploring your options and developing your plans to building a team, navigating IP and preparing for investment, our experts can support you as your company takes shape. 

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Consult

Whether you've been approached about a consultancy opportunity, are interested in applying your academic expertise to real-world challenges or want to explore opportunities such as expert witness work, we'll help you make the most of the opportunity. From building new collaborations to demonstrating research impact, consultancy can open up new possibilities, while we take care of the practical, contractual and financial details. 

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Discover the impact

Discover how the powerful combination of Oxford's world-leading knowledge and research, and OUI's innovation expertise have helped turn ground-breaking ideas into real-world applications and impact at scale.

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