HP Labs’ Open Innovation Office pursues and coordinates research collaborations with top researchers and entrepreneurs in academia, government and business around the world. It ensures joint research endeavors result in high-impact research that meets HP and its partners’ scientific and business objectives.

The office consists of a global team, bringing together expertise from around the world to foster discovery and address important issues; connecting the world’s leading researchers, scientists, and entrepreneurs through ground-breaking programs; and collaborating with them to tackle the next generation of breakthrough technologies.

Important programs under this office:

• HP Labs Innovation Research Program. This formal request for proposals (RFP) program offers universities worldwide the opportunity to participate in joint research with leading HP Labs scientists on a competitive basis. More information on the HP Labs Innovation Research Program is available here.
• Internship and Fellowship Program. This program organizes Internships, Fellowships and Sabbaticals to HP Labs worldwide. Many Researchers, Faculties and Students from academic and public research institutions are hosted at HP Labs for short and long term visits. Request for information can be made here.
• Participation to Government Research Program. HP Labs participates to several Government Research Programs in the US (NSF, DARPA, etc.), in the EU (FP7), and also in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, and China. Contact with the Open Innovation Office and HP Labs Principal Investigators can be made here.