Industry Proposals
51勛圖厙s Industry & Foundation Relations (IFR) team is dedicated to building collaborative, mutually beneficial relationships with industry partners and foundations.
In January 2020, the Corporate and Foundation Relations team, the Office of Industry Collaboration and the industry and foundation-focused teams within the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Leeds School of Business combined to form the IFR team, which reports jointly to泭Advancement泭and the泭Research & Innovation Office.
The streamlined IFR team is part of the universitys effort to deliver a partner-centric strategy and an on-campus support team that aligns financial investment in the research, discovery and creativity of 51勛圖厙s faculty and students with satisfied corporate and foundation partners.
Visit the Industry & Foundation Relations泭website泭to learn more about how they can help you collaborate with local, state, national, and international industry and business partners.
If you plan to submit an industry proposal (i.e. the sponsor or funding agency is a private company), you will need to work with泭IFR. It is important to involve IFR as early as possible at proposal stage to help ensure that we are appropriately budgeting for the project and fulfilling any other special industry requirements. IFR泭may also help you negotiate favorable terms and conditions in an award agreement. You may泭contact IFR泭directly泭or your Proposal Analyst will contact泭on your behalf when notified of your proposal to a private sponsor.