August 20, 2007...2:08 pm
Office of IP Development and Commercialization - 4 positions
- Currently accepting applications
- Available: summer 2008, fall 2008 & spring 2009
- Details: 10 hours per week; Paid at $10 per hour; office in Innovation Park
- Supervisor: Gus Ray, FSU Director of Commercialization
About the organization:
The Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization (OIPDC) assists faculty, staff and students move their innovative research results and creative work into public use by licensing to outside organizations to develop and market products based on FSU research. The OIPDC manages projects that span a wide array of activities that range from music and dance, to the hard sciences. This is achieved by working with faculty, staff and students to create invention and work disclosures. When disclosures show a potential for commercial success, the OIPDC staff seek intellectual property protection (copyrights and patents) for the research and/or creative work, then attempt to identify commercial partners to negotiate a license and option agreements for continued development. Alternatively, we may recommend that a faculty member create a new company to commercialize their own innovation. See a list of start-ups based on FSU technology. If a technology is commercialized successfully, the revenues are distributed among the researcher(s), the research school(s) or department(s), and the FSU Research Foundation. This Office is also the point of contact for outside organizations and individuals wanting to locate, for commercial or other public purposes, the skills, inventions, creative works and other resources of the FSU research community. See the current summary of FSU Technology Opportunities. The FSU Research Foundation’s license / options terms are available to encourage early and widespread use of its intellectual output.
About the internship:
The selected candidates will work with the Director of Commercialization and the Director of Licensing to identify opportunities with commercial value based on FSU research and creative campus work, prepare and carry out marketing strategies to target companies that would be interested in FSU technologies, learn about intellectual property protection and the logistics of acquiring; assist with creating startup companies and management of the intellectual property portfolio at FSU.
Preferred background:
- A bachelors degree in the sciences is preferred. However an aptitude for marketing, science or a background working with high tech or science based industries will also be considered.
Specific Activities and Tasks you will learn:
- Interaction with leading FSU researchers to learn more about their work, advantages and stage of development.
- Learn to assess and select technologies with commercial prospects.
- Perform market research using online tools to assess market size, potential, customers etc. Learn how to use market research triangulation skills, understanding of consumer research, how to find and target potential customers and general sales strategies for licensing intellectual property.
- Create one page reports on technologies for marketing to potential licensees.
- Assist in creating and evaluating business plans including SBIR marketing and business summaries.
- Learn and develop systems for mapping funding sources with FSU technologies.
How To Apply:
Please provide a resume and a cover letter to apply for this unique position that gives you hands on experience with marketing, business plan writing and technology assessment. Send coverletter and resume to Gus Ray, FSU Director of Commercialization, at garay@fsu.edu, 850/644-8637 by the stated deadline.
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