Flexible and Customer-Focused

UDRI is nationally renowned for providing customers with quality research outcomes and engineering solutions to the most demanding problems, on budget and on time. There are several areas collaboration in which we can work with you, including  contract vehicles, purchasing, quality, small business, subcontracting, technology transfer, and more.

As a non-profit institution and objective third party, UDRI does not manufacture its own products or have a stake in a specific technology solution. We maintain a progressive attitude toward intellectual property rights and publication restrictions.

Customers find it easy to work with UDRI due to our flexible and expedient contracting approach as well as our business development and proposal writing expertise. Forward us your solicitation for a guaranteed response, usually within 24 hours.


Opportunities for Small Businesses

UDRI is committed to helping small and small disadvantaged businesses to grow and succeed. We believe it makes good business sense to work with small business entrepreneurs whose participation in the local and national economy fosters innovation, creativity, and competition.

Per federal procurement regulations and Public Law 85-536, UDRI utilizes Small, Small Disadvantaged, Small Woman-Owned, Small Veteran-Owned, Small Disabled-Veteran-Owned, Native American-Owned, Native Alaskan-Owned, HBCU/MI, and Small HUBZone Business concerns as subcontractors, consultants, and vendors for materials, supplies, and services.

If you are a business interested in partnering with or supplying to UDRI, please go to the University of Dayton Supplier Portal to create an account. The registration process takes about 20 minutes to complete and requires key information including contact information, company addresses, business classifications and W-9 forms. The W-9 form can be created within the supplier portal or uploaded.


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UDRI's operations at all phases of technology development are certified and accredited in the highest industry standards to ensure consistency and reliability our partners can trust. 

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UDRI is accredited, certified, and dedicated to quality. Our employees are trained in quality management principles and collaborate to improve work processes.

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UDRI is committed to helping our business partners succeed.

Office of Technology & Entrepreneurial Partnerships link-arrow link-arrow

UD's Office of Technology and Entrepreneurial Partnerships manages intellectual property and coordinates activities for commercializing and licensing inventions.


Contact University of Dayton Research Institute
300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio 45469 - 0101
937-229-2113 email