Office of Innovation

We accelerate passion and ideas into working prototypes, startups, patents, industry partnerships, and community and global impact. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has included the University of Cincinnati in its list of IEP Designees since 2013. The IEP program recognizes institutions that have demonstrated a meaningful, ongoing and substantial commitment to economic and community development, growth, and economic opportunity.

We achieve this at the 1819 Innovation Hub, the connecting place where UC meets the world and the world meets UC.

Have an idea that you believe could benefit the world?
Share it with our office and let us help guide you to success.

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IDEAS / INVENTIONS

Maximize the societal impact of your ideas. UC innovation is changing the world and this is where it starts. Learn our process, search available technologies, or confidentially share your idea with our knowledgeable staff who can help you commercialize it.

STARTUPS

Turn your idea into a startup opportunity that will attract outside entrepreneurial talent and investors. Learn how easy it is to move your idea into a product or service. This is the help you’ve been looking for.

MAKERSPACE

Transform your idea into the material world in our makerspace, where innovation is supported through the prototyping phase. Take an orientation, join a class, become a member of our maker-community of innovators and experts.

1819 INNOVATION HUB

A place of thinking, making and doing, of discovery and delivery – 1819 connects you to what matters most. This is the one-stop destination where industry meets University talent. Join a program, engage with our strategic partners, take a tour, and more.

IDEAS / INVENTIONS

Maximize the societal impact of your ideas. UC innovation is changing the world and this is where it starts. Learn our process, search available technologies, or confidentially share your idea with our knowledgeable staff who can help you commercialize it.

STARTUPS

Turn your idea into a startup opportunity that will attract outside entrepreneurial talent and investors. Learn how easy it is to move your idea into a product or service. This is the help you’ve been looking for.

MAKERSPACE

Transform your idea into the material world in our makerspace, where innovation is supported through the prototyping phase. Take an orientation, join a class, become a member of our maker-community of innovators and experts.

1819 INNOVATION HUB

A place of thinking, making and doing, of discovery and delivery – 1819 connects you to what matters most. This is the one-stop destination where industry meets University talent. Join a program, engage with our strategic partners, take a tour, and more.

We quickly connect you to the resources you need to succeed.

David J. Adams, Chief Innovation Officer

1819 News & Events

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Uptown Gateway groundbreaking starts UC's digital future

April 8, 2019

Cincinnati Bell and UC Create a Win-Win Partnership

March 15, 2018

Another new tenant in UC s effort to create super-collisions at 1819 Innovation Hub, Cincinnati Bell signed a 10-year partnership agreement with the university that includes a corporate innovation center.

1819 Innovation Hub lease gives Kroger access to UC students,...

August 29, 2018

Kroger leases 2,500-square-foot space in UC's 1819 Innovation Hub

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IDEAS / INVENTIONS

STARTUPS

MAKERSPACE

1819 INNOVATION HUB

IDEAS / INVENTIONS

STARTUPS

MAKERSPACE

1819 INNOVATION HUB

1819 News & Events

Uptown Gateway groundbreaking starts UC's digital future

Cincinnati Bell and UC Create a Win-Win Partnership

1819 Innovation Hub lease gives Kroger access to UC students,...