Innovating Prosperity
Accelerating solutions to address the world's challenges
All successful ventures start with innovative ideas
Transforming research into real world impact
Cowboy Enterprises expands the impact of OSU discoveries, inventions and technologies by transforming them into products or startup companies and aligning with industry partners.
Office of Technology Commercialization
The Office of Technology Commercialization assesses, protects, and commercializes OSU innovations
- Manage and protect OSU invented intellectual property
- Market and license OSU innovations
- Facilitate confidentiality and material transfer agreements
- Provide translational research funding to advance OSU technology
Cowboy Technologies
Cowboy Technologies, LLC is a for-profit, limited liability company providing venture capital investments into OSU technologies and affiliated OSU startups that provide early-stage capital to help translate innovation to market.
- Investment raise preparation and positioning from aligned venture capital and angel investors
- Early-stage OSU internal project convertible equity investments
- Startup pre-seed and seed convertible equity and priced round equity investments
- OSU Riata pre-seed fund management for student-specific startups
Cowboys Innovation Accelerator
The Cowboy Innovations Accelerator provides programming and funding that advances innovation-based, proof-of-concept technologies towards venture-backable startup companies and licensable technologies to established companies in the aerospace, biotech/one-health and energy market segments.
- 1:1 business advising, startup launch planning, and preparation/position for investment raise
- Assist with prototyping development through the New Product Development Center and App Center
- Access to Cowboy Leaders Network for Business Mentoring
- Commercial Grant Funding Assistance (NSF PFI, SBIR/STTR, OCAST OARS)
OSU App Center
OSU App Center is a leading national model for on-campus mobile app development and commercialization.
- Hosting mobile app competitions
- Designing and developing custom app projects
- Training student app designers and developers
- Advising the community about the app development process
InstitutesPrinciples, people, practices, performance. These transdisciplinary institutes address our state’s emerging needs through education, research and extension.
Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education
The Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) provides industry leading expertise in aerospace research and education.
Hamm Institute for American Energy
The Hamm Institute for American Energy is the nation’s premier institute for security, innovation and growth for all forms of energy.
Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute
The Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute (HPNRI) will seek to develop preventative therapeutic strategies to combat obesity and chronic disease.
National Center for Wellness and Recovery
(Partner Institute)
The National Center for Wellness & Recovery (NCWR) provides a powerful approach that translates scientific research into clinical treatments based on feedback from our physicians on the front lines.
