LEAP-U

Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Accelerate Partnerships with Universities (LEAP-U) is an incubation program to mature technologies in North American universities towards commercialization.
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Research areas of interest

Advancing later-stage technologies in the following areas:

Robotics

Robotics

Medical Technologies

Medical Technologies

Applied AI

Applied AI

Other Emerging Technologies

Other Emerging Technologies

Why join our program?

LEAP-U is a first-of-its-kind opportunity for universities to collaborate with one of the world's leading technology brands to mature innovations and deliver impactful solutions. Samsung seeks to advance and incubate later-stage innovations to solve real-world challenges and touch billions of people.

Platform to highlight groundbreaking inventions

Pathway for commercialization of research

Avenue for long-term academic-industry partnerships

Collaboration with SRA's innovative research community

How to get involved?

For 2025, Samsung is directly reaching out to pilot universities. We expect to open the program to all universities in 2026.

If you are interested in being considered for this year’s LEAP-U program, please work with your technology transfer office to review the program’s criteria and contact the LEAP-U team via email.

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