Directorate of Engineering and Natural Sciences Project Partners

At Sabancı University, you can participate in research relevant to your sector and collaborate in projects that will improve your business.

Collaborations between Sabancı University and industry, patent portfolio management and technology commercialization processes are carried out by the Engineering and Natural Sciences (EDS) Project Partners Directorate. MDBF Project Partners Directorate ensures the establishment of long-term R&D collaborations between industry and Sabancı University and conducts different programs to bring the technologies developed at Sabancı University into economic life. The aim of ILO is to create value for both parties in the process of cooperation with industry and to facilitate the related workflows. Regardless of the industry in which you operate, you can always find the opportunity to create a project that suits your needs thanks to Sabancı University's researchers who are the best in their fields. By searching on this page, you can see the collaboration opportunities you can create with Sabancı University, get information about joint projects carried out with industry and ready-to-license technologies developed by Sabancı University researchers..

Main activities of the Industry Collaboration and Technology Licensing Office (ILO)

The Directorate of Engineering and Natural Sciences Project Partners undertakes the following tasks in line with the goal of establishing industrial collaborations:
Identifying technology and R&D needs in industrial sectors,
Increasing the maturity of existing technologies,
Exploring grant opportunities for joint R&D projects,
Applying for the identified grant opportunities, following the whole process,
Ar-Ge içerikli danışmanlık ve hizmet tekliflerinin hazırlanması,
Preparation of R&D consultancy and service proposals,
Intellectual property portfolio management (application, registration, protection).
Our industry collaborations enable researchers, entrepreneurs and students to work together and use the knowledge they have gained for the public good.