OHSU innovators
Tell us about a new idea or technology and learn how OHSU could help protect the intellectual property.
Startup support
Interested in forming a new company around your idea? Learn about how OHSU can help with startup company formation.
Collaborations
Learn more about existing OHSU partnerships and opportunities to work with OHSU community members.
Licensing opportunities
Visit the OHSU Technology Portal to search for existing licensing opportunities and review technology summaries.
Agreements
Learn more about commercialization and intellectual property agreements.
Entrepreneurial education
Learn more about OHSU curriculum and programs offered to provide entrepreneurial training to OHSU members.
OHSU Innovates 2024 Impact Report
Delve into the OHSU Innovates 2024 Impact Report to discover exciting advancements in healthcare, successful startups, and innovative collaborations at OHSU. This report features annual innovation metrics and stories in four topic areas: revolutionizing eye care, improving behavioral health, developing new therapeutics for infectious diseases and improving cancer detection and prevention.
Learn more about OHSU Innovates
OHSU Innovates is proud to support researchers and clinicians at OHSU who are striving to turn scientific ideas into real world solutions.
Hear from a few of these OHSU members and learn what motivates them and how OHSU fosters innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship.
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Featured News
Promedix takes home top investment at Bend Venture Conference
Congratulations to OHSU startup company ProMedix and CEO Scott Filer on recently winning the growth stage category and taking home a $200,000 investment at the 21st annual Bend Venture Conference, or BVC. ProMedix was co-founded by OHSU professors David Sheridan, M.D., and Matt Hansen, M.D., and is developing a noninvasive medical device that accelerates diagnosis of circulatory dysfunction and sepsis. Read more about the conference and the winners in the Bend Venture Conference announcement.
Featured Event
2025 Invent Oregon Finals
Witness innovation in action!
On June 27th, join us for the 9th Annual InventOR Finals! Stewarded by the PSU Center for Entrepreneurship, and hosted by the University of Portland, this exciting FREE event showcases Oregon's brightest collegiate innovators as they pitch their prototypes and compete for $30,000 in cash prizes!
A full day of inspiration, ingenuity, and bold ideas, this is your front-row seat to the future. Meet the rising problem-solvers shaping what’s next!
2025 InventOR Cohort - Finalist Teams
Event Schedule
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Live Pitches - 21 student teams from across Oregon pitch their innovative ventures.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Prototype Exhibition - Dive deeper into each project, meet the teams, ask questions, and engage directly with the cohort.
5:30 PM | Keynote Speaker: Jensen Barnes (2022 InventOR Winner)
6:00 PM | InventOR Awards
6:30 PM | Reception (TBD)
Emcee: Cara Turano (OEN) – You already know how awesome she is!
Catch the energy from last year – watch the sizzle reel from the 2024 InventOR Finals!
We’re calling on our full InventOR community—sponsors, entrepreneurs, educators, community leaders, and champions of innovation—to Save the Date and spread the word. Let’s show up in force to celebrate and support the young minds building solutions for our future!
Featured funding opportunity
Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) Drug Discovery
The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) in partnership with OHSU Innovates, is accepting applications for the Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) Drug Discovery track.
KEY DATES
Application deadline: 5/07/25
Q&A with reviewers: 6/04/25
Final presentation: 6/25/25
NEED ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR APPLICATION?
To learn more about the BIP or to schedule a consult, please contact:
Jonathan Jubera, M.B.A.
OCTRI Senior Project Manager
jubera@ohsu.edu
APPLICATION RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AT:
www.ohsu.edu/octri-bip
OHSU Innovates collaborative network
Innovate Collaborate Oregon
OHSU Innovates is a proud partner of Innovate Collaborate Oregon (ICOregon), a collaborative network of Oregon institutions, which aims to further support and encourage the growth of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. By bringing together resources across multiple institutions ICOregon aims to promote innovative discoveries, establish successful collaborations, form new companies, and increase economic development in Oregon.
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