The mission of Technology Partnerships at UConn is to expedite and facilitate the transformation of UConn discoveries into products and services that benefit society.
Goals:
- To bring together UConn researchers and the business community in order to significantly enhance the commercial and societal impact of UConn’s research.
- To identify and help move inventions by UConn faculty, staff and students towards the market through licensing, or new company formation.
- To secure patent protection for new technologies, where warranted by market forces.
- To generate industrial support for ongoing applied/translational research projects.
Please contact us to:
- Evaluate and protect a UConn invention
- Find proof of concept and/or startup funding at UConn, the investment community, as well as in state and private sources
- Receive coaching and mentoring for your new venture
- Start a company
- License a technology
- Incubate your business at UConn
- Access University-wide programs supporting innovation and entrepreneurship
- Identify a research partner
Contact Us
Resources
- UConn Inventor’s Guide
- UConn Faculty Startup Guide
- UConn Invention Disclosure Form
- Intellectual Property Evaluation Process
- UConn Patent Applications and Issued Patents
- Incubation Program (TIP)