The Innovation and Development Corporation
IDC is the industry liaison office for the University of Victoria.
We provide a comprehensive suite of services to facilitate industry engagement with researchers and commercialize intellectual property. IDC assists with:
- Arranging industry-sponsored research contracts
- Industry Collaborations
- IP Protection
- Market Research
- Start-up enterprise development
- Funding application support
- Investor identification and partnerships
- Technology Marketing
- Patent drafting, filing and management
- IP evaluation
- Technology licensing
- Material Transfer Agreements.
IDC’s skilled and professional staff offer direction and support at every step in the process of bringing new technologies to market. Also, IDC staff create, support and facilitate academic and industry collaboration. If you are a faculty/ staff member or student at the University of Victoria, IDC is here to work with you to support your commercialization and partnership efforts.
IDC is a private corporation wholly owned by the University of Victoria. IDC was created in 1992 as a vehicle to protect IP developed through UVic research and moving it into the private sector.