Research & Enterprise Office

REO stands for Research & Enterprise Office and it was founded on December 2014 by Isra University. REO is funded by TEJ project that is coordinated by Princess Somaya University for Technology. TEJ stands for Towards a university Enterprise alliance in Jordan that tends to build relations between universities and their socio-economic environment. REO provides advice and support to the Enterpirses community. REO is able to help, find, secure and manage research funding, and commercialise your work. REO also co-ordinates research planning and manage the REF submission.

 
REO supports you through the entire research lifecycle. We can help you find funding and turn a good idea into a research grant application. We also offer guidance on research ethics and intellectual property issues, and provide the legal expertise required to negotiate any contract relating to collaborative research. Once a grant application has been successful, we will administer your grant on your behalf and provide knowledge exchange support to ensure your research output is disseminated as widely as possible.
Jordanian Universities are currently only starting to create strategies and instruments in the domain of building relations between universities and their socio-economic environment by establishing Technologies Transfer Offices (TTOs). TEJ project is aimed to contribute and stimulate the economic growth in Jordan by building strong and sustainable partnerships between Universities and Business, promoting good practice for implementing university entreprises link offices in 9 Jordanian Universities and enhancing human skills. More espcifiaclly, the Tej project will lead to :
  1. The cration Jordanian University-Enterprise Network as functional resource and networking platform fostering the exchange of knowledge information and opportunities between universities and enterprises in Jordan;
  2. The establishment of institutional structures in form of an interface , which is in charge of establishing and managing university-entrperises linkages and building lasting relationships with the business world;
  3. Development of skills, capacities and attitudes of Jordanian universities staff towards higher employability of Jordanian Graduates and Increased innovation and technology transfer;
  4. Reform and modernisation of the institutional strategies, managerial and organizational capacities of 9 Jordanian Universities, thus enhancing the competitiveness; financial autonomy and sustainability of universities.