UMass Innovation Institute

Our vision is for UMII to impact regional and national economic growth by ensuring that knowledge and technology developed at UMass are rapidly and broadly disseminated to advance the nation’s social and economic interests.  Our aim is simple: to increase the rate at which our ideas and discoveries move forward into society.  UMII is your single-office point of contact for all industry to university research connections. 

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James Capistran
Executive Director
(413) 577-1518
Capistran@umass.edu

Michael D. Wright
Business Development Specialist
(413) 545-8641
wright@research.umass.edu

Ellen Knuerr
Administrative Assistant
(413) 577-8644
knuerr@umass.edu