Connect with leading industry R&D teams
Emerge is an NSF-supported project that provides emerging research institutions with access to funding and support from top industry R&D teams to accelerate innovation.
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Connect directly with R&D teams at top companies.

Researcher from emerging institution
Request application to join Emerge, launching in 2025.

Get a head start

Join our inaugural focus area—Materials Science—and forge early partnerships with leading industry teams actively seeking collaborations with emerging research institutions.

Accelerate commercialization

Fast-track your institution's research by connecting with industry partners that can help translate early-stage innovations into market-ready.

Highlight scientific talent

Showcase your institution's talent and expertise to foster industry collaborations that drive innovation.

Unlock funding & resources

Broaden your institution's access to industry funding and resources to extend the reach of your innovations.

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Researcher from emerging institution

Emerge is powered by Halo, an AI-powered partnering platform.

Halo helps scientific innovators and R&D teams connect, collaborate and bring new innovations to market faster.
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Using Halo we've been able to find new research and experts that none of our other tools could find. That has been a major benefit, unearthing what is up and coming and beneath the surface.

Maxine at Kraft Heinz
Maxine Roman R&D Innovation Collaboration
& Partnerships Lead Kraft Heinz
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Through Halo I've been able to connect and collaborate with partners that see applications for my research in areas I hadn't imagined.

Paul at Arizona State University
Paul Westerhoff, PhD, PE, BCEE Principal Investigator Arizona State University
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Academic collaborations with industry often come about organically...Halo is working to make these collaborations happen more frequently & deliberately.

Alan at University of Illinois at Chicago
Alan Koncarevic, PhD Assistant Vice Chancellor, Innovation & Corporate Partnerships University of Illinois at Chicago
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