High-Tech Startups and The Mobilization Zone

Oakland University (OU) Research Office Announces 2018 Programs to Support High-Tech Startups The Mobilization Zone (MZ) of Oakland University’s Research Office offers several opportunities for local, high-tech startup companies, including two programs sponsored by the Michigan Corporate Relations Network — the Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP) and the Small Company Internship Award (SCIA) program. “These programs are fundamentally important to the startup ecosystem,” said … [Read more...]

Connecting Students with Local Businesses

Oakland University Launches ‘Ideas 2 Business’ Program Oakland University’s (OU) Research Office and the School of Business Administration (SBA) have recently launched the Ideas 2 Business (I2B) program, a real-world, project-based experience connecting students with local businesses. The program is an initiative of the newly-formed Mobilization Zone (MZ), focused on mobilizing university knowledge into the public domain for economic and community development. The program serves … [Read more...]