TxIS is the leading global entity providing scientific augmentation assistance to its Client’s R&D operations. Our business is based upon the Institute’s Global Research Alliance of 15,000+ professors and research scientists, working in 1,800+ departments at 190+ universities and research institutes located primarily in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

TxIS’ Clients utilize our scientists for a variety of services, namely:

• Assistance with solving ongoing science and technology problems in cases where manpower and time are limited or where there is insufficient internal expertise & resources;
• Evaluation of existing & emerging technologies and related application trends, along with potential ways to integrate those ideas into new or existing product lines;
• Global searches for new intellectual property that could:
  • Supplement existing intellectual property in their portfolio, and/or
  • Circumvent a competitor’s patent.
• Help to develop the next generation of intellectual property.

The TxIS Global Research Alliance consists of a wide variety of academic and industrial experts whose backgrounds span a broad array of scientific and engineering disciplines. As such, we are rarely limited in our ability or scope to assist our clients with their most challenging technology needs. TxIS’ dynamic and global approach to R&D frees you from the common constraints of an in-house R&D/engineering department (overall manpower, time, and the technical breadth of the team), and at the same time, allows you to avoid the usual downsides that often occur when working with an outside contractor on a project (high cost, long-term contractual obligations, loss of “hands-on” control).

Your return on investment will vary depending upon the nature of your project. Historically, projects contracted through TxIS are characteristically completed in 70% of the time and at roughly 30% lower cost than comparable projects carried out with domestic universities and/or laboratories.
Additionally, intellectual property that results from engagements with TxIS is owned by the Client and may be used as additional internal investment into your business.

It is TxIS’ standard practice that intellectual property that results from engagements with TxIS is owned by the Client. This is not the case for engagements with most U.S. universities or national laboratories where, under the Bayh-Dole Amendment, the resulting intellectual property is normally owned by the institution.

TxIS’ Clients utilize our services in a wide variety of ways. With our dynamic R&D model and broad-based scientific and technical resources, we are limited only by the ingenuity of our Clients’ requests.

TxIS’ Clients utilize our scientists for a variety of services, namely:

• Assistance with solving ongoing science and technology problems in cases where manpower and time are limited or where there is insufficient internal expertise & resources;
• Evaluation of existing & emerging technologies and related application trends, along with potential ways to integrate those ideas into new or existing product lines;
• Global searches for new intellectual property that could:
  • Supplement existing intellectual property in their portfolio, and/or
  • Circumvent a competitor’s patent.
• Help to develop the next generation of intellectual property.

TxIS’ projects are divided into phases. Typical phases include a White Paper, Feasibility Study, and/or Solution Study.

No. TxIS’ Clients control the structure and flow of their project, determine at which phase they want to start, and finally, whether or not it is appropriate to move on to a subsequent phase. TxIS’ projects are divided into phases to mitigate your risk and provide you this control over the process; and we encourage our Clients to take this “hands on” approach over the course of the engagement.

The Scope of Work (SoW), jointly developed between TxIS and the Client, captures and defines the work activities, deliverables and timeline for the project. Detailed requirements and pricing are always specified in the SoW, along with objectives, deliverables and any project-specific terms and conditions.

TxIS will manage the project for you; and the level of involvement of your engineering team remains at your discretion. TxIS provides experienced project managers who direct overall communication and manage the flow of work between your engineers and the scientists chosen to work on the project. However, because TxIS is an augmentation service, you will always remain in control of the project as this service is provided via guidance from your engineering team and enables our project managers to function as an integral part of your R&D structure.

TxIS’ project managers utilize a proprietary search engine to identify the most suitable research team for your project. After a preliminary Scope of Work (SoW) is agreed upon, TxIS’ Project Management Team will begin the process of selecting the scientists for that project based on the specific scientific and technical disciplines required to achieve the desired results, as well as determine the number of scientists or engineers needed to achieve defined milestones. Although there is no specific “approval” procedure, you are made aware of which scientists selected for the research team and will “approve” this selection by signing the final SoW.

TxIS’ Global Research Alliance of 15,000+ professors and research scientists work within 1,800+ departments at 190+ universities and research institutes located primarily in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. TxIS’ staffed, full-time field offices range from Prague, Czech Republic (furthest West) to Taiwan (furthest East).

TxIS always works under your guidance. If you do not wish to have work done in a certain country for any reason, TxIS’ project managers will comply with your wishes when choosing the research team. The size of TxIS’ Global Research Alliance enables us to comply with any and all concerns on this matter, while not weakening our ability to provide the best scientific services available.

Your TxIS project manager is your first and most reliable point-of-contact. They are a resource for you to rely upon during your day-to-day business operations. Once a project has begun, TxIS project managers will facilitate communication from both sides, as necessary. This includes regular progress reports, opening the channels of discussion between you and the scientist(s) working on your project (e.g., e-mail correspondence), and may even include regular progress discussions with the research team via conference call.

Yes, with the requirement that your TxIS project manager is copied on any written correspondence. TxIS project managers are an integral part in facilitating written and verbal communication from both sides as necessary.

As a general rule, the scientists chosen to work on your project will remain overseas during the course of a project. In rare circumstances, scientists have come to the U.S. to meet with a Client, however, TxIS prefers that the bulk of the work be done in their local laboratory where they are most comfortable and have access to the instrumentation they require. This structure is designed to keep the overall project cost down.

Once a project is underway, TxIS project management will provide you with progress reports at intervals of your choosing, and can include regular progress discussions with the research team via conference call if required.

Confidentiality is paramount to TxIS’ business. Strict precautions are taken to insure that all sensitive information is protected both during and after your project. In addition to the NDA and frame agreement that govern our business relationship, TxIS also has agreements in place with every subsequent research team that impose stringent confidentiality and work product requirements on all parties.

In Western universities, for a variety of reasons, there is a strong focus on publishing the results of academic work. However, this is not the mind-set in the Eastern world (e.g., Eastern Europe and throughout Asia) where universities and research institutes routinely support industrial pursuits, and as such have developed an academic structure that is centered on how their ideas can be utilized by industry. For precisely this reason TxIS’ scientists are located in the Eastern world where we may provide our Clients with optimized cost-effective solutions to real-world industrial problems, with the added benefit of Client ownership of the intellectual property developed during the project.
TxIS further guarantees, through agreements with each scientist of a research team, that any scientist working on a TxIS sponsored project is precluded from sharing any information outside of the assigned research team for that project (This includes within their own school and department).

Although TxIS realizes that this is not a desired result, we recognize that it is a potential outcome of any scientific or engineering study. Research by definition is inherently uncertain. However, because our projects are carried out in structured phases, you are able to mitigate your financial risk. A feasibility study will allow us to know whether a solution is possible within the constraints of the defined requirements and scope.

The length of a project will depend primarily on the phase of a project and its scope. However, knowing that our Clients come to us with problems that they want fixed as soon as possible, TxIS project cycles are typically 90-120 days on average.

Once a TxIS NDA is in place, our Intellectual Property Tech-Transfer Division will be happy to provide information related to any technologies (IP) available at the time.