Research Technology Enterprise Initiative

What We Do

We work across organizations to mobilize university research using investment, industry, and community partners.   Our inspiration is dedicated, talented researchers in university, industry, and government settings who expect to make a meaningful difference in the world with their work.  Our challenge is policies and practices that limit innovation, collaboration, and competition.  Our methods include conventional and novel collaborative structures, such as commons, frames, and taps, as well as workshops and other forms of professional development.

What's New?

September 20, 2008

Working on the history of the definition of fundamental research, and why engineering schools are often not so taken with conventional technology transfer practices.

September 4, 2008

We have been developing project descriptions, surveying faculty web sites in Engineering, and looking for grant programs that will support demonstration projects.  Working on discussion articles--coming soon! New blog here

July 1, 2008

RTEI starts at University of Washington as a program in the Office of the Dean, College of Engineering.  We are hosted by the Computer Science & Engineering department, and are located in CSE 338. We are funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and by the Dean of Engineering.

April 3, 2008 

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has made a generous grant to launch RTEI.