Brown Technology Innovations
Brown Technology Innovations (BTI) is Brown University’s technology transfer office. BTI manages the university patent portfolio, evaluates invention disclosures, negotiates and executes technology agreements, supports industry-sponsored research and translational development, and runs translational funding and commercialization programs and events to connect faculty inventions with industry, investors, and entrepreneurs.
Industries
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Services
Commercialization advising and technology evaluation
Advising faculty on commercialization strategy, invention evaluation, market potential, and next steps for translation.
Patent and IP management services
Managing university patent portfolio, supporting patent prosecution, and implementing IP policy guidance and royalty distribution processes.
Agreement negotiation and execution (CDAs, MTAs, SRAs, licenses)
Negotiating and executing confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements, sponsored research agreements, option agreements and license agreements on behalf of the university.
Industry-sponsored research facilitation
Identifying prospective sponsors, tailoring sponsored research agreements, and balancing academic and commercial goals.
Translational funding and project support (BBII)
Providing milestone-driven funding (pilot and impact awards), advisory reviews, and project management to advance biomedical technologies toward industry partnership or startup formation.
Training and internship (Brown Innovation Fellows)
Paid internship program providing training in technology evaluation, market research, patenting, and commercialization for graduate students, postdocs and medical students.
Commercialization advising and technology evaluation
Advising faculty on commercialization strategy, invention evaluation, market potential, and next steps for translation.
Patent and IP management services
Managing university patent portfolio, supporting patent prosecution, and implementing IP policy guidance and royalty distribution processes.
Agreement negotiation and execution (CDAs, MTAs, SRAs, licenses)
Negotiating and executing confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements, sponsored research agreements, option agreements and license agreements on behalf of the university.
Industry-sponsored research facilitation
Identifying prospective sponsors, tailoring sponsored research agreements, and balancing academic and commercial goals.
Translational funding and project support (BBII)
Providing milestone-driven funding (pilot and impact awards), advisory reviews, and project management to advance biomedical technologies toward industry partnership or startup formation.
Training and internship (Brown Innovation Fellows)
Paid internship program providing training in technology evaluation, market research, patenting, and commercialization for graduate students, postdocs and medical students.
Expertise Areas
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Patent portfolio management and patent prosecution support
- Sponsored research negotiation and contracting
- Translational biomedical program management and funding
Key Technologies
- Photoplethysmography (PPG) and wearable optical monitoring
- Optical polarization imaging techniques
- Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapeutics
- siRNA and lipid nanoparticle delivery