The MIT/Marine Industry Collegium

The MIT Marine Industry Collegium is a partnership between the MIT Sea Grant Program and sponsoring companies, that is based on two premises: first, that the MIT Sea Grant Program can help a diverse industrial constituency by bringing to its attention the business implications or market opportunities resulting from selected marine research activities; second, that MIT and other Sea Grant institutions can benefit from interaction with industrial members, who provide critiques and evaluations of research activities and proposals, who suggest research subjects for independent on-going projects, and who provide important data for research and advisory services at MIT. Eighty corporate members participated in the Collegium Program which was initiated in July 1975. This technology transfer program has provided a vehicle for members to work together, with the MIT Sea Grant Program and with other Sea Grant institutions.