Overview
- The Tech Foundry Industry Affiliates Program offers tiered membership levels providing affiliates with increasing engagement and benefits.
- At all levels, members receive reduced project rates, networking with UC Davis faculty and students, recruiting access, and invitations to events.
- Higher-tier members enjoy additional perks like lab tours, collaborative opportunities with Aggie Square, visiting scholar positions, advisory board roles, and the chance to fund flagship programs.
This program fosters strategic partnerships with impactful opportunities for collaboration and innovation at UC Davis.
| Benefits (Annual Cost) | Industrial Affiliate ($30K) | Institutional Affiliate ($120K) | Strategic Affiliate ($250K) |
| Reduced rate on Tech Foundry projects | X | X | X |
| Introductions with UCD Faculty, Students | X | X | X |
| Student Recruiting Opportunities | X | X | X |
| Invitations to workshops, forums, open house demos, other events | X | X | X |
| Quarterly E-Newsletter of Tech Foundry activities and partnerships | X | X | X |
| Networking with UCD and Aggie Square researchers and corporate affiliates | X | X | |
| Hosted visits to Tech Foundry with lab tours of Aggie Square | X | X | |
| Opportunity to establish a visiting scholar and train with Tech Foundry engineers | X | ||
| Membership on the Tech Foundry Advisory Board | X | ||
| Opportunity to establish a seed funding flagship program at UCD | X | ||