How to Work with Rutgers: Where to Start

Given the breadth and depth of Rutgers research and education programs, where do you begin? How can Rutgers help your business? The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development has the tools in place to get you going.

• Start at the front door and contact the Office of Research Alliances. Designed to function as a "one-stop corporate concierge service," the office is your navigator, guide, and central point of contact for exciting areas of exploration and scientific development at Rutgers.
• Search Find it at Rutgers to connect with Rutgers research people and resources. Categories include faculty expertise, patents, NIH grants, NSF grants, and Rutgers websites.

Workforce: Recruit Employees/Interns, Train Staff

Have a short-term need for someone with a specialized technological background? Hiring staff for a new product launch? Looking to train your team on that new piece of hardware or software? With expertise in everything from nanotechnology and pharmaceuticals to writing and statistics, Rutgers people can meet your short-term and long-term workforce needs.

Career Services/Employees/Interns

• Best Practices for Recruiting at Rutgers–New Brunswick
• Rutgers–New Brunswick Career Services
  
• Rutgers–New Brunswick Career Services: Employer's Page
• School of Engineering Career Resources
• Rutgers–Newark Career Development Center
• Rutgers–Newark Career Development Center: Employer's Page
• Rutgers–Camden Career Center
• Rutgers–Camden Career Center: Employer's Page

Students Prepared for the Future

• Undergraduate Majors
• Graduate Programs of Study

Keep Your Workforce Sharp: Continuing Education

• Division of Continuing Studies
• Center for Continuing Professional Development

R&D Boost and Technical Assistance: Centers, Faculty Experts, Core Facilities

With our research centers and institutes, our top-notch people, and New Jersey’s most extensive network of high-end research laboratories and facilities, we can boost your company’s R&D. Our centers offer prototyping and technical assistance, expert opinions and technical perspectives, basic and applied research and consulting services, low transaction costs, and rapid turnaround.

• 200-plus research centers and institutes
• Corporate-sponsored research centers
• Faculty experts
  
• Core facilities and equipment
  

Technology Commercialization/Tech Transfer

The Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) transfers Rutgers-patented technologies to the marketplace, fosters university/industry collaboration, and promotes products and services that benefit society.

• Explore nearly 200 Rutgers-developed technologies available for licensing and commercialization through OTC.
• Read about our latest patents and startup companies.
  

The Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) helps faculty and students transition technology innovations from Rutgers think tanks into the marketplace. CIVET, an initiative of the School of Engineering, also helps business identify cutting-edge innovations in which to invest, establish research/consulting partnerships with Rutgers researchers, and tap into Rutgers laboratory facilities.

Incubators and Small Business Development

Rutgers provides services and support to New Jersey entrepreneurs and small businesses.

• Food Industry

  The national award-winning Rutgers Food Innovation Center provides business and technology expertise to small and midsize food companies. You can develop and test your food products here. Since 2001, staff has assisted more than 1,000 companies and entrepreneurs in every New Jersey county and helped commercialize 32 products.

  The Center for Advanced Food Technology (CAFT) works with entrepreneurs as well as large global companies to help bring their product concepts to fruition. CAFT's Food Development and Manufacturing Center is home to a number of small New Jersey food and ingredient companies that develop and manufacture products in the center. Technicians and staff are available to instruct, supervise, and assist in conducting test work. The Product Development Kitchen is available for clients interested in producing preliminary product samples; it contains typical bench-scale and restaurant-sized kitchen equipment and is available on a daily or weekly basis. The Quality Control Laboratory contains basic instrumentation and laboratory materials necessary for bench-top ingredient, packaging, and product testing during the formative stages of R&D projects and is also available on a short-term basis.

• Green Business

  At the EcoComplex Environmental Incubator green business center, you can develop and test your green products and processes. Since 2005, the EcoComplex, with its Environmental Incubator, has helped create 587 "green startup" jobs; nearly two-thirds of 22 graduating companies have stayed in New Jersey.

• Rutgers–Camden Tech Business Incubator

  Rutgers Camden Technology Campus, Inc. is a mixed-use business incubator that helps new businesses thrive in Camden. Startups in the incubator employ 220; 16 of 19 graduating companies have stayed in New Jersey.

• Urban Entrepreneurship

  The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development promotes and fosters urban entrepreneurs who actively seek socially conscious urban renaissance.

• Small Business Development

  The New Jersey Small Business Development Centers network helps New Jersey’s small businesses succeed. The statewide office, headquartered at Rutgers–Newark, serves all 21 New Jersey counties through regional centers and affiliate offices. The Small Business Development Center at Rutgers–Newark serves the Essex County area and the Small Business Development Center at Rutgers–Camden is the southern region’s primary office. Most services are provided at low or no cost. In calendar year 2010, the program

  • helped create/retain 9,582 jobs in New Jersey;
  • helped 715 clients start new businesses;
  • facilitated $24.8 million in financing for clients;
  • provided 4,929 clients with 15,880 hours of counseling; and
  • helped 51.2% (2,525) of all clients counseled to establish businesses.