Transform ideas into reality
Take advantage of our expertise, infrastructure and talent to gain a competitive edge, make a difference in your industry and contribute to a better world.
Reasons to Partner with UBC Applied Science
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Gain the innovation advantage
Partner with us to quickly transform research into practical, commercially viable products, processes and technologies – empowering your organization to enter new markets, reduce costs and boost productivity.
We’ve collaborated with industry partners on a number projects. These research partnerships have advanced renewable energy generation and storage, accelerated the digital transformation of traditional industries, and explored ways to advance regenerative medicine and immune engineering.
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Benefit from our project management expertise
Applied Science researchers excel in large, multi-disciplinary projects that produce impactful research and breakthrough technologies. Our team can oversee strategic planning and resource coordination to structure and phase collaborative research programs. We know how to enable productive collaborations by securing high-value funding support, building strategic capacity and transforming research into impactful and lucrative spinoffs.
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Leverage your investment
When you partner with us, your research dollars go further. Our dedicated Dean's Office Research Team will maximize your return on investment by seeking matching grants and other funding. Applied Science has a strong track record of success in securing grants from federal and provincial sources, reflecting our strengths in addressing complex challenges of interest to a range of funders and partners.
Learn more about the project funding available to our partners: research@apsc.ubc.ca
“Using our campus as a living lab, and enabling new platforms to accelerate technology readiness, we have fostered an environment that attracts industry investment in co-developing tangible proofs of concept, critical for commercialization and economic development."
Walter Mérida
Former Associate Dean, Research and Industrial Partnerships, Faculty of Applied Science
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Access our world-class infrastructure
Labs, research facilities and state-of-the-art equipment represent a significant investment. Spend your research dollars wisely by partnering with us and gaining access to our world-class infrastructure and expertise. We have research facilities across our two campuses, with UBC researchers working on everything from new advances in bioengineering to making buildings more disaster resistant.
We're currently designing Applied One, an interdisciplinary building for learning, teaching and research on our Vancouver campus that will create the conditions for the real-world testing of health, tech, and equity solutions. This building will join other living labs on campus, including our smart energy district fuelled by solar and hydrogen energy and our biomass research and demonstration facility.
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Grow your intellectual property
Intellectual property is a crucial asset. We will work with you from the outset to determine how to manage intellectual property generated by our partnership to meet your goals, and we can offer exclusive rights to licence intellectual property coming out of a collaborative project. UBC's Technology Transfer Group also provides a full suite of services to advance the commercialization of new inventions and maximize the benefits of innovation.
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Build your reputation
We offer opportunities for you to grow your visibility through workshops, networking events, seminars and more - all of which can help position your organization as a leader in its field and expand your professional network.
Our partners have benefited from technology demonstration projects, research symposiums, international conference presentations and speaking engagements, and seminars and webinar series showcasing partnership impacts. We also organize consortiums where partners are at the table with their clients or prospective clients.
Partnerships in Action
Our case studies show how we collaborate with our entrepreneurial partners to advance ideas into reality. Read about our industry partnerships.
Research Centres and Institutes
Our multidisciplinary expertise is creating innovations that make the world a better place. Partner with us and gain access to our world-class infrastructure and expertise.
Research and Partnerships Team
Our dedicated team actively seeks collaboration opportunities with industry, non-profit and government partners to accelerate solutions for the future.
Research News
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UBC Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS)AI Tackles Traffic Congestion, a Global Issue
March 24, 2026
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UBC Applied ScienceUBC researchers to explore tech that generates speech from forearm muscle signals
March 19, 2026
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UBC Campus as a Living LabSustainable power management project led by UBC Engineer receives Campus as a Living Lab funding
March 17, 2026
Let's work together
Join us. Bring research and innovation insight to your biggest challenges. We work with industry, non-profit and government partners to accelerate solutions for the future.