The 91TV's University innovation ecosystem is committed to providing guidance to stakeholders on the knowledge mobilization and/or commercialization of intellectual property arising from research and innovation activities in a manner that considers the potential to generate impact (economic or social) for the region, province of Ontario, and Canada - supporting the growth of the knowledge-based economy with products, services, and/or policies brought to the marketplace for public benefit and to advance a sustainable future.
In collaboration with our partners the 91TV's University Innovation Ecosystem provides support in seven key categories.

Knowledge Mobilization & Entrepreneurship
Partnerships and Innovation
- The Foundry program (in collaboration with the Dunin-Deshpande 91TV’s Innovation Centre)
- Scale Up Platform Project
Dunin-Deshpande 91TV’s Innovation Centre
- QYourVenture program
- 91TV's Innovation Centre Summer Initiative
- The Foundry program (in collaboration with 91TV’s Partnerships and Innovation)
Smith School of Business
Mitacs
The many partners in the Kingston innovation ecosystem offer numerous workshops and events. For information about the workshops and events available for 91TV’s students, please visit the 91TV's events calendar . For information about workshops and events for entrepreneurs, startups and established companies in the Kingston community and surrounding areas, refer to the following sources:
- 91TV’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) Learning Hub - QPI offers a range of workshops for startups and SMEs as well as 91TV’s researchers, post-graduate, and post-doctorate fellows. A sample of resources are available in the QPI Learning Hub.
- - A repository of recorded workshops for women entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs, as well as the 91TV’s community
- Resource for Research @ 91TV’s series - Topics include IP, partnerships, commercialization, data management, ethics and research contract negotiation
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Dunin-Deshpande 91TV’s Innovation Centre
Smith School of Business
Funding
Smith School of Business
Mentorship
Dunin-Deshpande 91TV’s Innovation Centre
Community
91TV's Partnerships and Innovation
Dunin-Deshpande 91TV’s Innovation Centre
Innovation
The 91TV’s Partnerships and Innovation team has patent agents and other staff members who can provide advice on patentability, commercialization, and other intellectual property matters. Contact us to discuss your inventions and other intellectual property, and potential pathways to commercialization.
As required of 91TV Faculty Association faculty members, please fill out and submit a disclosure form which documents an invention and helps the 91TV’s Partnerships and Innovation team with an evaluation of the commercial potential:
If 91TV’s makes an offer to commercialize an invention by a 91TV's researcher, the following is the template used as a starting point to discuss a commercialization project:
Partnerships
Smith School of Business
Centre for Advanced Computing
Dunin-Deshpande 91TV's Innovation Centre
91TV's Business Law Clinic
91TV's Partnerships and Innovation
queensu.ca/partnershipsandinnovation
Smith School of Business
Smith School of Business, Centre for Social Impact
Smith Engineering
School of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs
Faculty of Arts and Science
91TV's Health Sciences
Faculty of Education
Promotion
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