The UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship's Business Development Programs are stimulating the technology transfer process and spreading the entrepreneurial spirit among scientists and researchers across the UC Davis campus.
Read more about this innovative academic program, where doctoral students and post-docs work alongside MBAs to commercialize research and bringing that knowledge back to their research labs.
- The best and brightest UC Davis graduate student researchers and post-docs are catching the entrepreneurial bug, experiencing the power of collaboration and envisioning the "big picture" impact of their work as a result of the Graduate School of Management’s Business Development Programs. (PDF)
(UC Davis GSM Innovator, Fall/Winter 2006)
- Nine UC Davis doctoral and post-doctoral students are working with MBA students to learn how to commercialize and market research ideas. The new program is offered by the Graduate School of Management in collaboration with the Office of Research's Technology and Industry Alliances.
(The California Aggie, April 1, 2005)
- A new one-year program, offered by the Graduate School of Management in collaboration with the Office of Research's Technology and Industry Alliances, puts UC Davis researchers and MBA students together to learn how to develop new business ventures from research.
(UC Davis Dateline, March 21, 2005)
-Three groups of University of California, Davis, students collected $15,000 total in the "Little Bang" competition to encourage an entrepreneurial culture at research centers on campus. These winners will move on to the Big Bang! Business Plan Competition.
(Sacramento Bee, March 2, 2005)
- Nine entrepreneurial Ph.D. and post-doctoral scholars have been awarded fellowships to participate in a new, one-year Business Development Certificate Program offered by the Graduate School of Management in collaboration with the UC Davis Office of Research. (PDF)
(UC Davis GSM Innovator, Fall 2004)
- UC Davis is launching new efforts to bring more scientists into its Graduate School of Management and infuse the program with information on developing entrepreneurial businesses.
(Sacramento Business Journal, October 1, 2004)