Baylor Lab to Market Collaborative

The Baylor Lab to Market (L2M) collaborative stewards university intellectual property from faculty research, bridging the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Hankamer School of Business, Office of General Counsel, and capital partners toward commercialization.

Each invention may follow one of four outcomes:

1. Licensing to existing companies
2. Industry partnership for sponsored research
3. Business startup formation
4. Additional non-sponsored research to further develop the invention

• Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) — 330,000 sq ft with wet and dry labs for research and advanced prototyping

• Researchers submit Invention Disclosure Forms (IDF) before public disclosure
• Office of Innovation & Economic Development assesses, protects, and commercializes inventions
• Inventors receive revenue share per Baylor IP Policy after Baylor recoups protection costs
• Contact for disclosures: Gary DeBoer

• Baylor high-tech startup research reinvestment: $838K (2020) → $3.5M (2022)
• Cross-campus alignment with baylor-baugh-center and baylor-product-launch-program

• New Venture Creation: team building, company formation, business growth
• StartupTree platform for mentoring and venture tracking
• Baylor Law School Entrepreneurship Clinic partnership

Office of Innovation & Economic Development — One Bear Place #97310, Waco, TX 76798 — (254) 710-3763