Applied Research and Innovation Services - About us

To enable meaningful applied research and development projects, which engage faculty, students, and staff to thrive at SAIT Polytechnic - to contribute to the learning environment and provide a continuous supply of the highly qualified skilled people required by industry.

SAIT Polytechnic is committed to promoting innovation and commercialization in applied research, technology development and adoption through its offering of Applied Research and Innovation Services.

Our Role @ SAIT

Applied Research and Innovation Services is SAIT Polytechnic's internal resource for developing applied research partnerships with industry, and is industry's point of contact for accessing SAIT's resources for innovative applied research and development of collaborative projects. SAIT plays an active role in the advancement of technologies. Through these partnerships SAIT is able to transfer innovation into the classroom and provide a continuous supply of highly qualified, skilled people needed  by organizations.
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Our Services

Applied Research and Innovation Services delivers the following operational and support services for applied research and development projects:

• Point of contact for industry to engage SAIT for applied research and innovation
• Promotion of applied research and development project opportunities
• Facilitation and promotion of applied student projects
• Contract development and negotiations
• Grant (proposal) writing and development of supporting documentation
• Seminars and events
• Pre- and commercialization support of innovative products and services
• Intellectual property
• Research ethics
• Financial administration and reporting
• Administration of Applied Research Policies and Procedures
• Project communications and marketing