UniQuest has built a strategic collaboration of universities, centres of excellence and research institutes. The research strengths of our partners complement each other, allowing UniQuest to package projects from multiple sources into highly desirable investment opportunities. Working with UniQuest gives our partners access to the people, resources, processes and funding programs to accelerate technology transfer and commercialisation.
 
UniQuest and the University of Wollongong (UOWⁱ) signed a commercialisation agreement in 2004.  The agreement – the first ever undertaken between two Australian universities - enables UniQuest and UOW to cooperate in the training, development and prosecution of commercialisation of research outcomes from UOW. 
 
Mater Medical Research Institute (MMRIⁱ) signed a similar commercialisation services agreement with UniQuest in 2007.  The University of Queensland has enjoyed a close relationship with MMRI and Mater Health Services for many years.
 
A commercialisation partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTSⁱ) was launched in 2008. The agreement enables UTS to work with UniQuest to identify and develop innovative research from within its faculties, utilising UniQuest’s extensive technical resources and links with industry.
 
James Cook University (JCUⁱ) and UniQuest launched a partnership at JCU's Townsville Campus and Cairns Campus on 20 & 21 November 2008 respectively.  The agreement boosts the resources and prospects for northern Queensland university researchers seeking to accelerate the translation of their innovative research ideas into products services with social, economic, environmental and other benefits.

When the University of Tasmania became our partner in 2009, the then Vice Chancellor commented that collaboration heralded a new era in commercialisation for the University and would expose the state’s untapped potential of research innovation.

The Office of Health and Medical Research (OHMR), Queensland Health, entered a commercialisation services agreement with UniQuest in April 2011. The agreement, part of the Knowledge Transfer Initiative from the Queensland Government’s Research for a healthier future: 2020 Health and Medical Research and Development Strategy, aims to improve the translation of research into health benefits and economic opportunities in Queensland Health.
 
Each institution has established a team dedicated to innovation and commercialisation activities and the development of an entrepreneurial culture among staff and students. UniQuest  Managers of Innovationⁱ and Commercial Development are embedded in the faculties and utilise the latest information communications technology to connect daily with the Brisbane hub.

While these partnerships are primarily to service technology commercialisation, our Consulting and Research Division has also benefited inter-institutional arrangements:

• NineSigma is the largest R&D network of its kind and spans numerous existing and emerging industries and technical disciplines.  This network provides UniQuest with the opportunity to partner with their Global 1000 clients, which include large companies, SMEs, government laboratories, and industry organisations.
• A partnership with the Danish Technological Institute has opened up opportunities for our consultant researchers to work with large European industry groups as well as collaborate with international academics on large scale industry projects.