Membership of KAUST Industry Collaboration Program (KCIP)
Within KICP, there are three categories of membership:
- Founder
- Supporter
- Small Business
Membership is a minimum three-year commitment.
Founder Member
As a Founder Member, you will play a key role in defining and shaping the role of the KICP. In turn, you will have the ability to inform and ultimately shape the future academic mission of KAUST. Also, play a major role in assisting KAUST and KICP in addressing its underlying economic mission of job creation.
There are many privileges to being a Founder member, these include:
- Free access to the full content of strategic studies, such as the KAUST Foresight Reports.
- Privileged key-word access to the ‘closed-garden’ KAUST Global Collaborative Research Partnerships’ and international research network.
- Access to and the ability to contribute to all KAUST symposiums in Saudi Arabia and internationally.
- Match-making efforts between Founder members and affiliates, research projects, faculty, and students.
- Invitations to special events;
- Specialized recruitment information; and availability of faculty, scheduling permitted, to give research talks.
- Representation on the KAUST Industry Advisory Board.
- The use of KICP’s logo on company presentation material.
Supporter
The privileges of being a Supporter member include:
- Access to and the ability to contribute to all KAUST symposia in Saudi Arabia.
- In-Kingdom match-making between industry collaborators, affiliates, research projects, faculty, and students;
- Invitations to certain in-Kingdom special events.
- Employment and internship opportunities for talented and motivated students.
Small Business
Membership at the Small Business supporter’s level is designed to help small companies and KAUST-driven start-ups develop their businesses through ties with the University and its extensive world-wide network of faculty and resources.
Additional benefits include:
- Access to advice and mentoring from the service team within the Economic Development group.
- Access to faculty and students at KAUST, time and interest permitting.
- Access to certain KAUST symposia and Center seminars.
- The opportunity to employ students on summer internships and opportunities for collaboration on partners’ research needs.
(For example, on-site presentations to projects involving faculty, graduate, or undergraduate students).