CONNECTING BUSINESSES WITH BULLDOGS
Between our renowned faculty, groundbreaking research and high-caliber students, businesses have plenty of reasons to want to partner with UGA, and Business Engagement helps make that happen.
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Business Engagement at UGA
As the front door for industry, we specialize in connecting companies to the exceptional talent and resources of the University of Georgia. Your business faces new challenges every day. We want to partner with you to create solutions that help your company thrive.
Ways to Partner With Us
Industry Impact in Every Corner of Campus
Southern Company / Georgia Power
For as long as they’ve been around, the University of Georgia and Southern Company/Georgia Power have been devoted to Georgia. Their partnership, unsurprisingly, yields enormous benefits for our state, from e-mobility advancements to student support to community development to research that supports Georgia’s power grid.
Delta Air Lines
The University of Georgia and Delta Air Lines have partnered for decades, elevating both organizations in significant, enduring ways. In January 2024, key figures from these two Georgia institutions met in the Delta Innovation Hub on UGA’s campus to discuss how they keep climbing together.
Truist Bank
Truist’s partnership with the University of Georgia has produced countless success stories, and the company’s continued investment in entrepreneurs—both on the UGA campus and in communities served by the university—is helping new generations of dreamers blaze their own trails.
Boehringer-Ingelheim
A decades-long partnership between Georgia’s flagship university and a global leader in human and animal health has improved the lives of students, educators, researchers, farmers, livestock, pets and pet owners. And for UGA and Boehringer-Ingelheim, the work has only just begun.
FISERV
Global financial technology firm Fiserv has strong ties to Georgia with multiple Atlanta-area offices and a long list of Bulldog staffers. More than 125 UGA alumni are employed by Fiserv, including several in senior leadership roles.
Merck Animal Health
The University of Georgia and Merck Animal Health help the state of Georgia to prioritize the health of its commercial poultry population. Many UGA alum earned advanced degrees from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine and cultivated personal and working relationships between their alma mater and Merck all in an effort to serve stakeholders, students, and the public.
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FACULTY TOOLKIT
Industry Funded Activities Decision Tree
Deliverable outcomes for a university-industry collaboration will differ based on the type of activity involved: Sales & Service, Corporate Philanthropy, or Sponsored Project. This decision tree was created to help determine the appropriate category, and who to contact for confirmation.
Industry Collaboration Pathways
The University of Georgia has a long history of successful industry collaborations, and we offer a variety of pathways for our researchers to engage with companies at all stages of research and development. Industry Collaboration Pathways provides a brief overview of the most common research and service pathways, along with related intellectual property (IP), data and publication terms.
Building Industry Partnerships That Pay
University-Industry relationships can be challenging to navigate. Faculty who take the time to understand business perspectives are more likely to gain the trust it takes to establish long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. In the Building Industry Partnerships That Pay video, researchers will find tips for connecting with potential business partners, as well as valuable suggestions for framing their research interests as an avenue to address business needs.
Additional insights on industry collaborations can be found in the Research Live: Industry Collaborations Archives.
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Explore templates, documents, and other resources designed to help UGA faculty engage with industry and business partners. We welcome your feedback about these materials at any time.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the Office of Business Engagement?
Corporations no longer consider themselves “donors” to academia, rather, they are “investors,” and a growing trend in the Georgia business community is that companies are viewing universities as “partnership” relationships. Our Business Engagement strategies will be developing a return on their investment, or turning these partnerships into funding mechanisms.
What does UGA offer in these partnerships?
We want to provide strategic benefits such as workforce development & future employees; sponsored research; new technologies; employee training; Executive education; economic development; public service and outreach.
Our company is interested in visiting UGA and meeting several different departments and centers. Can OBE help?
Yes! Contact Assistant Director of Business Engagement Elizabeth Willimon.
