Support Services for Researchers

The Industry Liaison Office (ILO) supports researchers at Mount Saint Vincent University by facilitating collaborative research ideas and opportunities with external partners (companies, government departments and community organizations) and disseminating research results through knowledge sharing and commercialization. 

Our primary services include:

  • Advancing collaborative research by helping you build relationships with external partners,
  • Helping you obtain funding,
  • Evaluating and protecting intellectual property, and
  • Commercializing discoveries, inventions, and tools.

Faculty members, department chairs and deans should consult with the ILO for information on overhead for contracts and signing of formal agreements signing of formal agreements.