Innovators & Entrepreneurs - University of California Alianza MX

Research and innovation

Innovators & Entrepreneurs

Alianza MX seeks to stimulate innovation exchanges between the UC and Mexican partner institutions, create opportunities for technology transfer and commercialization, and develop binational networks of entrepreneurs. Researchers can submit proposals for access to technology incubation services at UC innovation centers and private sector leaders can engage academic experts in collaboration on R&D.

Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation

International Incubation Challenge for Latin American Startups

The Entrepreneurship Proof of Concept and Innovation Center (EPIC) in the Office of Technology Partnerships (OTP) at UC Riverside launched a competition in November 2022 to support Latin American technology-based startup companies seeking opportunities to commercialize their innovations in the US market. Winners of the competition were announced in February 2023, and one Mexican startup received a special prize sponsored by Alianza MX that included a trip to Riverside, mentoring support, and collaboration opportunities with UCR faculty.

Innovation & Technology Transfer

Supporting International Cooperation

University of California Alianza MX is currently exploring new initiatives that leverage the unique innovation capabilities of the UC system to support the development of technology clusters in Mexico. New partnerships between the UC and Mexican institutions of higher education have the potential to generate superior opportunities in technology transfer, accelerating the movement of ideas from concept to commercialization.

Semiconductors

At the North American Leaders’ Summit in January 2023, the United States, Mexico, and Canada announced new efforts to coordinate investment in semiconductor manufacturing and other advanced technologies. The Mexican Chamber of Electronics, Telecommunications & Information Technologies (CANIETI) and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico jointly organized meetings of the semiconductor collaboration forum in Guadalajara, Jalisco (February 2024); Tijuana, Baja California (June 2024); and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (October 2024). And in September 2024, the U.S. State Department hosted the Americas Partnership Semiconductor Symposium in Mexico City.

Alianza MX continues supporting UC system-wide engagement with key stakeholders to support the development of talent in advanced technology industries that can improve Mexico’s capacity to meet regional market demand.

UC RESOURCES

Technology Transfer

Please consult the links below for access to information on UC incubators and accelerators that provide resources to foster the growth of entrepreneurial start-up companies and early-stage technology research projects.

These resources include both campus-specific initiatives as well as multi-campus initiatives such as the California Institutes of Science and Innovation created by then-California Governor Gray Davis in 2000 and National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) regional hubs created by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation & Partnerships (TIP) since 2021.