Offerings for Corporate Partners
- Sponsored research projects
- Startup acceleration and partnerships
- Student consulting projects
- Innovation forums, symposia, and roundtables
- Workshops and trainings in innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking, organizational culture, analytics & AI, leadership, and digital transformation
- Fellowships / executive-in-residence programs
- Sponsored workshops focused on specific industries, technologies, or business challenges
- Product design, testing, and validation
Affiliate Program
For pricing information and application link, please view our Contact Us page. Apply by August 30th for the 2025-26 year.
| Invitation to IBI Events | Attend events from IBI’s centers and programs, such as our Berkeley Innovation Forum or Fisher Summit on AI. |
| Recognition | Logo on the IBI website. |
| Student Project | Opportunity to work on a semester-long innovation project with UC Berkeley students. |
| Invitation to IBI Events | Attend events from IBI’s centers and programs, such as the Berkeley Innovation Forum or Fisher Summit on AI. |
| Recognition | Logo on the IBI website. |
| Student Project | Opportunity to work on a semester-long innovation project with UC Berkeley students. |
| Sponsored Research Collaboration Opportunity | Opportunity to work with faculty, post-docs, or doctoral students on a research collaboration project. |
| Visiting Fellow | Send a company leader to spend time on the UC Berkeley campus working closely with IBI researchers (subject to UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar guidelines). |
| Invitation to IBI Events | Attend events from IBI’s centers and programs, such as our Berkeley Innovation Forum or Fisher Summit on AI. |
| Recognition | Logo on the IBI website. |
| Student Project | Work on a semester-long innovation project with UC Berkeley students. |
| Sponsored Research Collaboration Opportunity | Opportunity to work with faculty, post-docs, or doctoral students on a research project. |
| Visiting Fellow | Send a company leader to spend time on the UC Berkeley campus working closely with IBI researchers (subject to UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar guidelines). |
| Research Workshops | Private seminars with researchers on a topic of interest to the affiliate partner. |
| Entrepreneurship Engagement | Named sponsor for an accelerator program, pitch competition, or hackathon for startup founders, including opportunities to participate or judge. |
| Invitation to IBI Events | Attend events from IBI’s centers and programs, such as Berkeley Innovation Forum, Fisher Summit on AI. |
| Recognition | Logo on the IBI website. |
| Student Project | Opportunity to work on a semester-long innovation project with UC Berkeley students. |
| Sponsored Research Collaboration | Opportunity to work with faculty, post-docs, or doctoral students on a research project. |
| Visiting Fellow | Send two company leaders to spend time on the UC Berkeley campus working closely with IBI researchers (subject to UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar guidelines). |
| Entrepreneurship Engagement | Named sponsor for an accelerator program, pitch competition, or hackathon for startup founders, including opportunities to participate or judge. |
| Research Talks | Private seminars with researchers on a topic of interest to the affiliate partner. |
| Event Sponsorship | Named sponsor for a conference, symposium, or workshop on a topic of interest for the company. |