The annual full membership fee is at least $35,000 (minimum), and the Affiliate membership fee is an amount less than $35,000. We recommend a fee contribution at the level of $50,000 or above for effectively funding research projects most relevant to the member’s interest. Members can be from industry, government, and also non-profit organizations. Each site of the multi-university center has its own member companies to fund that particular site’s research, but members in all sites form a single Industry Advisory Board (IAB) and can vote for, evaluate, and access research funded by the center in all sites.

We aim to create a healthy ecosystem of member companies to best leverage the center/site’s research expertise and maximize the benefit to each member as a value multiplier:

• Leverage member R&D budgets through substantial return of investment in new technologies of common interests. Membership fees are to fund faculty research projects driven by members and subject to only 10% overhead of the direct cost. NSF also provides various supplements.
• Expand member R&D Efforts by gaining access to royalty-free licenses for technology developed at all I/UCRC ROSE-HUB university sites.
• Expand member industry growth by strategic cooperation with other member industries working with related technologies to accelerate commercialization.