Support the Office of Economic Development during Rebels Give!
The Office of Economic Development drives innovation and economic transformation across the UNLV ecosystem, positioning our university as a nationally recognized hub for innovation and next-generation industries. We turn bold ideas into life-changing innovations and build powerful collaborations with high-tech industry.
We seek philanthropic investment to provide the fuel that transforms discoveries into real-world impact, creating a virtuous cycle of innovation, collaboration, and economic growth, while strengthening our ability to attract and engage leading high-tech partners. Your support accelerates programs that move ideas from the lab to the marketplace, strengthen Nevada’s innovation economy, and change lives.
Your gift powers initiatives such as:
- Technology Transfer Office – Protects and licenses UNLV discoveries, moving university inventions into the marketplace where they improve lives and drive economic impact.
- Industry Engagement – Connects UNLV researchers and students with corporate partners to solve real-world challenges and accelerate innovation.
- Black Fire Innovation – A state-of-the-art innovation hub where industry leaders, entrepreneurs, faculty, and students collaborate to co-create next-generation technologies.
- UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park – A premier research destination that co-locates high-tech companies with university talent to drive economic diversification and growth.
- RebelForge – Provides students with no-cost, confidential advising, resources, and training to help them start, grow, and manage their businesses.
- Rebel Work – A dynamic co-working space within Black Fire Innovation that fosters entrepreneurship, collaboration, and venture development.
- NSF I-Corps Desert Pacific Region – A National Science Foundation program that equips researchers and entrepreneurs to validate markets and launch successful startu
The Office of Economic Development drives innovation and economic transformation across the UNLV ecosystem, positioning our university as a nationally recognized hub for innovation and next-generation industries. We turn bold ideas into life-changing innovations and build powerful collaborations with high-tech industry.
We seek philanthropic investment to provide the fuel that transforms discoveries into real-world impact, creating a virtuous cycle of innovation, collaboration, and economic growth, while strengthening our ability to attract and engage leading high-tech partners. Your support accelerates programs that move ideas from the lab to the marketplace, strengthen Nevada’s innovation economy, and change lives.
Your gift powers initiatives such as:
- Technology Transfer Office – Protects and licenses UNLV discoveries, moving university inventions into the marketplace where they improve lives and drive economic impact.
- Industry Engagement – Connects UNLV researchers and students with corporate partners to solve real-world challenges and accelerate innovation.
- Black Fire Innovation – A state-of-the-art innovation hub where industry leaders, entrepreneurs, faculty, and students collaborate to co-create next-generation technologies.
- UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park – A premier research destination that co-locates high-tech companies with university talent to drive economic diversification and growth.
- RebelForge – Provides students with no-cost, confidential advising, resources, and training to help them start, grow, and manage their businesses.
- Rebel Work – A dynamic co-working space within Black Fire Innovation that fosters entrepreneurship, collaboration, and venture development.
- NSF I-Corps Desert Pacific Region – A National Science Foundation program that equips researchers and entrepreneurs to validate markets and launch successful startu
Please give to the Innovation to Commercialization Fund to power this engine of innovation and industry partnership. Your investment strengthens Nevada’s economy, advances breakthrough technologies, and ensures that UNLV discoveries make a meaningful impact locally and globally.
Please give to the Innovation to Commercialization Fund to power this engine of innovation and industry partnership. Your investment strengthens Nevada’s economy, advances breakthrough technologies, and ensures that UNLV discoveries make a meaningful impact locally and globally.