Research Engagement and Innovation Office

Research Engagement and Innovation Office

Introduction:

The Research Engagement & Innovation Office (REIO) located within the Center of Administrative Affairs of Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, is responsible for all external research engagement and innovation, and takes care of the supervision of the operations of innovations platforms (IIH, ITTC) and platforms funded by government. This includes oversight of XJTLU’s industrial grants and contracts portfolio, industrial research collaborations and partnerships, contractive research governance, industrial research-related policies and procedures, pre-award industrial research support, and finance related to industrial research activity.

Main responsibilities

1) Community and Industry Engagement
• Explore research collaboration projects by expanding external resources and establishing partnerships.
• Promote activities in regional research innovation collaboration.
• Support research output awards application.
• Operate the Intellectual Property Associations.

2) Global Research Engagement
• Facilitate international research partnerships and collaborations.
• Provide support for international funding opportunities and administration.
• Coordinate research activities with foreign partners.

3) Research Collaboration Support
• Support the contract signing and project administration of research cooperation
• Support industry funding program application
• Support the joint collaborative research institute application and administration.
• Maintain relevant university-industry research collaboration statistics and reports

4) Innovation Units Support
• Facilitate technology transfer
• Develop and maintain the technology outputs database.
• Operate publicity platforms to ‘display university’s research and technology achievements and resources.

5) Intellectual Property Support
• Assist in research IP applications.
• Maintain the IP data and information
• Support patent operation for patent in high quality generation and its commerlisation
• Training and consulting on intellectual property affairs within the university .

Professional teams:

REIO’s mission is achieved by the concerted efforts of its four teams.

  • The Community and Industry Engagement Team is mainly responsible for the maintenance of industrial relations and business outreach. Our professionals also aim at expanding XJTLU’s networks with the industry and take charge of the operation of Suzhou Intellectual Property Operation Association.
  • The Global Research Engagement Team mainly takes care of the application of international grants/awards and the operation of XJTLU’s client groups worldwide. The team also provides support for international collaboration projects.
  • The Commercialization Team is in charge of the management and transfer of XJTLU’s research outputs. Our experts specialise in facilitating commercialisation, technology marketing, technology evaluation, and intellectual property management.
  • The Innovation Units Support provides support for industrial collaboration research platforms and institutions.

Contact us

• Location: Room 1136, 11th Floor, Central Building, North Campus
• Industrial Cooperation: Ms.Jia WU 0512-81884872, Ms. Jing ZHOU 0512-88167883
• Patent Application: Ms. Jing QIAN 0512-89173986
• International Research Cooperation: Ms. Lu ZHANG 0512-88970396
• Contract Research Project Administration: Ms. Yao QU 0512-81884887
• Email: Research@xjtlu.edu.cn
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