Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons
The Berkeley campus has R&D facilities that industry users can access through the Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons (Berkeley RIC). The Berkeley RIC facilities are available to industry users for commercial purposes under commercial rate structures and business-friendly intellectual property terms.
Other Resources
Off Campus
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Commercial real estate in close proximity to campus: The City of Berkeley Office of Economic Development (OED) helps companies find lab and office space in Berkeley and provides personalized assistance with the process. https://berkeleystartupcluster.com/space
On Campus
For early stage, pre-product sales startup companies only.
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Bakar Labs: Lease space at the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub incubator for life science startups. Tenants can reserve time on a wide range of R&D equipment. bakarlabs.berkeley.edu
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Energy & Biosciences Institute Entrepreneurial Business Incubator (EBI2): Apply for one year leases, with access to instrumentation for chemical and biological research such as fermenters, GCs, HPLCs, ICs, anaerobic chambers, a lyophilizer, and more. energybiosciencesinstitute.org/entrepreneurship
- QB3 Garage@Berkeley: Located in Stanley Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, QB3 Garage@Berkeley features approximately 800 square feet of wet laboratory space, set up with eight stations for incubator use.
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Berkeley RIC Faculty Lab eXceptional-use for Innovation & Entrepreneurship program (Berkeley RIC FLEXIE): former graduate students, postdocs, and other researchers leveraging patented inventions or copyrightable software developed on campus may be eligible to temporarily conduct new product R&D in faculty labs—under certain conditions and rigorous oversight. ipira.berekeley.edu/ric-flexie