The most frequently selected option, consortium sponsorship connects a company with a group of other sponsors and Lab faculty and research staff focused on a common agenda. Sponsors join one of two Media Lab consortia—Digital Life or Things That Think. Although a consortium sponsor joins only one consortium, all consortium-level sponsors have access to the breadth of all research conducted at the Lab. In addition, companies at this level of sponsorship can take advantage of our graduate fellows program.

Benefits

• Membership in one consortium;
• Access to all of the research conducted at the Lab;
• Lab-wide visiting privileges;
• Customized company day at the Lab with a strategic brainstorming session;
• Invitation to sponsor week (twice a year);
• Invitation to Lab-wide lectures and special events;
• Participation in steering committee to oversee the Media Lab relationship;
• Non-exclusive, license-fee-free, royalty-free licensing rights for IP;
• Access to all Media Lab publications and password-protected sponsor Web site.