KU Center for Technology Commercializaton Overview

The University of Kansas (KU) encourages the commercial development of intellectual property, both to benefit the university and to serve the public good as part of its mission and goals. Although university research is not specifically undertaken to develop commercial products polices are in place to guide KU researcher and inventors when important marketable discoveries result from their basic research. Technology transfer activities move research discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace by recruiting commercial partners to help develop new products that benefit the public.

Effective, July 1, 2008, KU adopted a new structure for its technology transfer operations. The new structure – the KU Center for Technology Commercialization (KUCTC) – centralizes administration and focuses resources for the Lawrence, Medical Center, Edwards and Wichita campuses. KUCTC enhancesthe university’s research capacity by providing services that assist KU researchers and inventors with intellectual property protection, commercialization, recruitment of commercial-sector partners to help develop new products or start-up company formation.