Baylor University

Baylor University is a private, faith‑driven research university in Waco, Texas, recognized at the Carnegie R1 level. Industry collaborates through a university‑affiliated research and technology park that co‑locates faculty labs with company tenants, shared instrumentation, convening space, and business acceleration. The institution’s Dallas‑based nursing school is located on the campus of a major teaching hospital, creating channels for clinical collaboration and translational projects. Corporate engagement is supported by an Office of Innovation & Economic Development that manages IP, licensing, startup formation, and sponsored research agreements. Research is sustained by competitive federal funding and partnerships that leverage Central Texas’s I‑35 corridor linking Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio.