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Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet

UC Berkeley institute pairing chemistry with AI, machine learning and robotics to speed discovery of advanced materials for climate and energy.

Ideation · Early formation

Bakar Labs Campus Programs

Bakar Labs programs that fund and train Berkeley faculty, students and postdocs to turn research into ventures, including the Bakar Fellows Program.

Berkeley Center for Digital Assets

College of Engineering center researching blockchain and digital twins for valuing and trading assets, with student projects and industry pilots.

Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry

Interdisciplinary UC Berkeley center funding green chemistry research and partnering with industry on safer chemicals and materials challenges.

Berkeley Institute for Data Science

CDSS hub for data-intensive research, open source software and data science and AI training, connecting domain and methods experts.

Early formation · Accelerate · Scale

Berkeley IP Practicum

Patenting your invention is just one step in moving your technology towards commercialization. You need to ensure that you are not infringing on existing patents that could limit your ability to apply…

California Institute for Energy and Environment

UC Berkeley energy and climate research institute, part of CITRIS, that runs state-funded energy programs and research for California agencies.

Center for Healthcare Marketplace Innovation

Haas and CDSS research lab, startup studio and policy accelerator building human-plus-AI healthcare products, policies and ventures.

Center for Unmet, Rare, and Emerging Diseases

New campus center pursuing cures industry overlooks and connecting discoveries with venture capital, biotech and philanthropy to reach the clinic.

Ideation · Early formation

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Four-campus UC research center whose CITRIS Foundry incubates deep tech ventures and whose Invention Lab and Marvell NanoLab support prototyping.

Ideation

Deep Tech Innovation Lab

Berkeley Haas lab combining education and research to bring deep tech to market, with hands-on interdisciplinary projects and Demo Days.

Early formation

Energy & Biosciences Institute

Academic-industry energy research partnership whose EBI² incubator offers move-in-ready lab benches to pre-seed and seed climate and biotech startups.

Henry Wheeler Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases

Infectious-disease research center that connects 60+ faculty and works to speed lab discoveries toward diagnostics, treatments and vaccines.

Industry Alliances Office

IPIRA division that negotiates all UC Berkeley research contracts with companies, including sponsored research and industry affiliate programs.

Innovative Genomics Institute

Jennifer Doudna's genome-engineering institute developing CRISPR therapies, diagnostics and crop tools, and licensing them for broad public access.

Institute for Business Innovation

Haas institute whose centers run entrepreneurship and innovation courses, startup competitions and the NSF-funded Bay Area Innovation Corps.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

National lab offering technology licensing, startup opportunities, industry partnerships, user facilities and the Cyclotron Road fellowship.

Ideation

Master of Translational Medicine

One-year UC Berkeley-UCSF professional master's where engineers, scientists and clinicians take medical innovations from idea to clinic.

Ideation

Molecular Therapeutics Initiative

Drug discovery initiative funding Berkeley researchers' therapeutic ideas and offering screening, medicinal chemistry and industry partnerships.

Ideation · Early formation

Office of Technology Licensing

IPIRA division that patents and licenses Berkeley inventions, helping researchers launch startups; 300+ startups have come from its licenses.

Ideation

PostX

A guided, step by step approach to thinking more entrepreneurially as a scholar and, if you choose to go on, understanding how you can fit commercializing your ideas into your career. We have created…

Early formation · Accelerate

QB3 Innovation Discovery

QB3’s Innovation Discovery Program in partnership with BEVC is designed to provide tailored support to researchers commercializing their cutting-edge discoveries. The program focuses on identifying…

Early formation

QB3-Berkeley

Biosciences institute in Stanley Hall with shared research cores and the QB3 Garage@Berkeley, a wet-lab incubator offering bench space to startups.

Early formation

QB3-Central

WHERE STARTUPS GET STARTED Bakar Labs, part of the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub at UC Berkeley, is home to startups innovating solutions for the most important challenges the world faces today.

Roger Herst Quantum Nexus

Berkeley Quantum hub in downtown Berkeley where quantum researchers, students, startups, industry and policymakers meet, collaborate and host teams.

Ideation

Tech Transfer (IPIRA) DEI Page

Vice Chancellor for Research Office

Campus research office supporting IP and tech transfer, research funding, core facilities and industry consortia for Berkeley researchers.