WHY JOIN THE WBC?
EXPERIENCE
Benefit from over 24 years of successful industry-academia collaborative research, with leading scientists in the field.
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Research agenda created by industry. Members oversee research progress and deliverables.
INNOVATION
Valuable element in member’s open innovation portfolio.
REDUCE RESEARCH COSTS
A cooperative system reduces the costs of access to equipment, facilities, and human resources while allowing the development of multiple projects of interest.
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Exclusive access to research findings. Peer-reviewed publication delayed up to one year.
NETWORKING
You will belong to an international collaborative forum of industry members and scientists.
FACILITIES
Research is done at universities with state-of-the-art research facilities and technology.
ACCESS TO TALENT
Members have early, ongoing access to student recruits.
What does the Membership involve?
- Engagement with industry members, faculty, and students
- Participation in semi-annual meetings, with service on the technical or executive committees
- Serving as a technical advisor for WBC projects
- Enhanced opportunity to evaluate and hire WBC-funded graduate students
- Participation in research topic identification and project planning
- Selection of projects based on a member vote
- Uniform membership agreement
- Commitment to payment of an annual fee of $40,000
What does a Member get in Return for the Fee?
- Invitation to semi-annual meetings
- Access to all WBC technical documents
- Royalty-free use of IP
- Opportunity for collaborative participation in pre-competitive research
- Opportunity for co-authorship on publications
- Member fee is leveraged for common research goals (projected funding for FY23 is $600,000)
- The indirect cost of research performed at universities is limited to 10%