--- title: Cure Institution --- [Skip to main content](https://hs.cureexperience.com/cure-institution#pox-main) [![logo-white.svg fill](https://hs.cureexperience.com/hubfs/logo-white.svg%20fill.png)](https://hs.cureexperience.com/cure-institution) ![Group 2](https://hs.cureexperience.com/hubfs/Group%202.png) Original research on how 303 US institutions turn discoveries into real-world health impact # What Makes an Institution Innovative? Based on a survey of 3,395 biomedical researchers, this report identifies exactly where the system fails scientist-entrepreneurs, and what top-ranked institutions do differently. ![Group 43](https://hs.cureexperience.com/hubfs/Group%2043.png) ## Why download - ### For VPs of Research & Provosts - See where your institution's commercialization support ranks against 303 peers, and what actually separates the top 25 from everyone else - It isn't funding. Find out what the clearest dividing line between high- and low-performing institutions really is - ### For TTO Directors - 3,395 researchers rated their TTO on partnering, funding, and training. See what they said is working, and what they said isn't - One capability scored the lowest in the entire survey. Find out what it is, and why it's costing institutions talent - ### For Presidents & Institutional Leadership - Discover the three-word answer researchers keep giving when asked why their discoveries never left the lab - What the highest-performing institutions build differently, and why it has nothing to do with prestige or budget > "We're Taught To Become Scientists, Which Doesn't Include Any Teaching Or Training About Starting A Business." Survey Respondent, Cure Innovation Index Researcher Survey [Get the Report](https://downloads.ctfassets.net/ou0qvg08mzx4/7JsgEr3RXxYZCti8CzLslr/1876f69a53078b91e491d8c3171536c0/what_makes_institution_innovative_ver04A.pdf) ![](https://hs.cureexperience.com/hubfs/Group%202087331255.svg) ## About - [Our Mission](https://wewillcure.com/about) - [Our Team](https://wewillcure.com/community/leadership) - [Newsroom](https://wewillcure.com/newsroom) - [Partnerships and Sponsorships](https://wewillcure.com/partnerships) ## Get in Touch - [Contact Us](https://wewillcure.com/contact-us) - [Apply for Membership](https://wewillcure.com/membership) - [Newsletters Sign-up](https://wewillcure.com/newsletter) ## Privacy - [Privacy Policy](https://wewillcure.com/privacy-policy) - [Terms of Use](https://wewillcure.com/terms-and-conditions) - - - - - © 2026 Cure Experience Services, LLC. All Rights Reserved. [![Frame 2147227743-1](https://hs.cureexperience.com/hubfs/Frame%202147227743-1.svg)](https://hs.cureexperience.com/cure-institution)