Innovation-Node Los Angeles (IN-LA) is a collaboration of the University of Southern California (USC), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is supported partially through the NSF Innovation Corps (“I-Corps”) Program to accelerate technology commercialization, support engineering entrepreneurship and educate innovation leadership. Under the leadership of PI Yannis Yortsos, Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and Node Director David Easatman, IN-LA has touched more than 150 engineering teams in corporate and university environments in Southern California and beyond, including multiple countries. Our Node offers leading educational programs, world-class research, support for new ventures, and ecosystem-developing programs to link innovators with capital and other resources.
The IN-LA partnership is led by:
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering
- Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the USC Marshall School of Business
- UCLA Institute for Technology Advancement at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
- UCLA Anderson School of Business
- Caltech Office of Technology Transfer
- Resnick Sustainability Institute at the California Institute of Technology
- FLoW at the California Institute of Technology
Meet the teams:
Learn about the National Science Foundation’s National Innovation Network
Meet our Los Angeles partners