Industry Partnerships at Tulane
Corporate Research & Technology Licensing
Companies partner with Tulane University to access world-class research, commercialize new technologies, sponsor research projects, license intellectual property, and collaborate with leading faculty across healthcare, AI, energy, engineering, and life sciences. The Tulane Innovation Institute is your front door to all of it, committed to making the partnership process as fast and straightforward as your R&D timelines require. Schedule a meeting with Casey Candebat, Executive Director of Industry Partnerships, to learn more.
Are you a Tulane faculty member who is interested in working with industry and conducting sponsored research? Let us know.
Partner with Tulane and Access Research You Cannot Find Anywhere Else
Tulane's research assets and intellectual property are genuinely rare. Here is what that means for an industry partner:
The Tulane National Biomedical Research Center (TNBRC)
One of the country's largest and most capable primate research centers, TNBRC gives pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies access to preclinical models and specialized infrastructure that very few research universities can offer.
Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine carries over a century of expertise in infectious disease, global health, and environmental health. It is a rare combination: the rigor of academic public health with a deep practical history of working in the field.
Translational Medicine
Tulane's School of Medicine is an active hub for translational research in life sciences, vaccines, diagnostics, and precision medicine, with strength in sex-based biology, cardiology, and immunology.
Science, Engineering, and the Environment
Our School of Science and Engineering brings depth in computational science, materials, energy systems, and environmental engineering. The Gulf Coast location anchors applied research in coastal resilience, energy transition, and environmental risk in ways that are simply not available elsewhere.
New Orleans
Tulane is embedded in one of America's most distinctive cities, with a growing life sciences ecosystem and a culture of hands-on collaboration. That shapes how research happens here and who we attract.
Ways Companies Can Work With Tulane
We work with companies across the full spectrum of collaboration. Whether you are looking to license a single technology or build a corporate research partnership, we will help you find the right structure and connect you to the right people.
Technology Licensing
Tulane's portfolio spans therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, energy, materials, and software.
Sponsored Research
Work directly with Tulane faculty on your R&D priorities. We can structure a sponsored research agreement or a true co-development arrangement, depending on how close to the bench you want to be.
Access Core Labs and Specialized Facilities
TNBRC, specialized imaging equipment, clinical research infrastructure, and other core facilities are available to industry partners on a fee-for-service basis. If you need a resource that is otherwise difficult to access, ask us.
Join a Research Consortium or Center
Participate in a Tulane center or institute to gain early access to emerging research, influence future research directions, and build relationships with faculty before projects formally begin.
Recruit Talent
Engage Tulane students and graduates through internships, fellowships, capstone projects, and recruiting programs across health, engineering, business, and the sciences.
Serve in an Advisory Role
Contribute your company's expertise by joining an advisory board or serving as an executive or scientist in residence. Industry voices sharpen the work here and open doors for deeper collaboration.
Industries We Support
Tulane research spans a broad set of domains. Our strongest areas for commercialization and research partnerships include:
Life Sciences and Human Health
Therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, precision medicine, women's health and sex-based biology, cardiovascular disease, pain management, and gene therapy.
Infectious Disease and Global Health
A historic institutional strength: HIV/AIDS, emerging viral threats, tropical and vector-borne diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and next-generation point-of-care diagnostics including CRISPR-based platforms.
Energy and Climate
Gulf Coast-anchored research in energy systems, coastal resilience, climate adaptation, environmental science, and sustainability.
Engineering and Advanced Materials
Computational science, materials innovation, biomedical devices, tissue engineering, and systems engineering.
Are You a Tulane Researcher?
If you are a Tulane faculty member interested in connecting your research with industry, we can help you identify potential partners, structure agreements, and move from discovery to collaboration. We work across all schools and disciplines. Start by submitting an invention disclosure or emailing ccandebat@tulane.edu.
Get Started Working with Tulane
Whether you have a specific technology in mind, a research question to explore, or you just want to understand what Tulane has to offer, reach out to Casey Candebat, Executive Director of Industry Partnerships, Tulane Innovation Institute, for more information. ccandebat@tulane.edu