UC Riverside
Overview
UC Riverside’s Office of Technology Partnerships connects agricultural innovators with university-developed technologies and research relationships. Its available technology portfolio spans agriculture, life sciences, engineering, sustainability, and software. Founders and prospective partners can explore inventions, discuss licensing or further development, and connect through corporate partnerships or entrepreneurs-in-residence. A suitable route depends on the technical question, the individual technology, and its stage of readiness.
What they do
University technology licensing
Offers more than 500 UC Riverside inventions for licensing or further development through research partnerships, including patented avocado, citrus, and asparagus varieties.
Customer discovery and grant readiness
Trains researchers, students, and regional innovators, including in sustainable farming, to test whether their technologies meet real market needs, and prepares teams for federal SBIR and STTR proposals.
Startup incubation and growth
Runs a downtown Riverside incubator with coworking space, mentoring, workshops, and funding-readiness support for early-stage startups, plus growth coaching for established product companies and mentor office hours.
Clean citrus stock
Maintains disease-tested citrus varieties, supplies clean budwood to nurseries and growers, and manages the introduction of new citrus varieties into California.
Programs and services
Locations
- Campus address 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, United States