The Industry Alliances Office works with UC Berkeley employees and companies to enable innovative research relationships. The IAO is responsible for negotiating all research contracts with private industry. The office strives to streamline research agreement negotiations and management. In this capacity, the office has signed contracts with over 600 companies world wide.

Please select from the following list of most frequent IAO-related activities:

• For UC employees who want to:
  • Receive material or data from an external organization
  • Conduct a research collaboration with a company
  • Create an industry affiliates program
• For companies that want to:
  • Enter a research or collaboration agreement
  • Join an industry affiliates program

For more information, contact iao@berkeley.edu, or see contact information or directions to our office.