University of Michigan

"Giving businesses" - the spark they need

About the University

U-M Tech Transfer is the University unit responsible for the commercialization of University research discoveries and reports to the U-M Office of Research. We enhance these research discoveries to encourage licensing and broad deployment with existing businesses and newly-formed U-M start-ups. U-M Tech Transfer has earned a reputation for performance among the top 10 of all universities. Our mission is to effectively transfer University technologies to the market so as to generate benefits for the University, the community and the general public.