The Medical Innovation Center (MIC) welcomes all faculty who are engaged in biomedical and health-related research, education or entrepreneurial activities across all UM campuses and beyond.

Become a MIC Affiliate and receive the following benefits:

• expand your sphere of influence through a multi-disciplinary network of professionals who share your interests
• interact with industry and the community-at-large as part of the MIC network
• interact with the MIC Fellows
• access MIC updates and discussion forums not available to the general public
• advise or team with colleagues and students on externally funded research projects
• participate in educational activities as attendees, content contributors, instructors or mentors
• leverage our Prototyping Lab for educational purposes or to advance an innovation of your own
• evaluate the viability or commercialization of innovative devices, processes or systems
• include your association with MIC on your CV and research proposals
• SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

How?

• areas of expertise (use terms that would help someone interested in your work find you)
• what you can offer? e.g.,
  • providing content
  • teaching educational sessions
  • serving as a mentor
  • giving a tour of a clinic or school
  • designing and building prototypes

Read information on disclosing a new innovation.

Launching in 2009:

Innovation Grants — a unique funding mechanism created to inspire new innovations and to provide critical resources to investigators with early-stage technologies who are focused on advancing their technologies to the clinic.

Mentors & Advisors Network — a resource of bioentrepreneurs and experts who have volunteered to advise faculty in developing and commercializing biomedical technologies.