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Outreach & Tech Transfer

The Office of Outreach and Technology Transfer (OTT) identifies promising technology that arises from world-class research conducted on the campus of NC A&T. This enables OTT to connect industrial/commercial partners with NC A&T’s expertise, new products and opportunities for continuing development while simultaneously providing technology-driven business and economic benefits to the regional and state economies. The OTT is entrusted with the university’s Intellectual Property portfolio and works directly with faculty, staff and students to build a pipeline of novel products and concepts with commercial value.

Technology transfer is accomplished at NC A&T through either of three processes for realizing public use of our research derived technology.

• Where sufficient, OTTC licenses its available technology to interested commercial partners.
• Second, OTT further realizes its mission of providing technology assessment services to the NC A&T community.
• Third, OTT facilitates the creation of new commercial entities based on its technology.

The OTT is committed to being a world-class model of excellence in land-grant university technology licensing and commercialization in a manner that:

• demonstrates tangible benefits of North Carolinian taxpayers' support for fundamental research
• attracts faculty and students
• generates industrial support of research
• realizes revenue for reinvestment in the research enterprise
• creates new job opportunities for graduates 

Technology Transfer Process

The procedure of transferring technology begins with best-in-class research and development programs. The diagram on the right illustrates the progression of a viable innovation from university research to commercially available products and services. Learn more...

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