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Office of Technology Transfer

UCF drives groundbreaking innovations in diagnostics, displays, artificial intelligence, environmental solutions, and much more.

Our Mission

The University of Central Florida Office of Technology Transfer helps bring UCF researchers’ discoveries to market by protecting intellectual property, marketing, and licensing. Each invention is evaluated by experts in science, business, and law, who create tailored commercialization strategies. The office seeks industry partners to manage and promote promising technologies.

Bring an Idea to Market

Are you a researcher wondering about the viability of patenting, publicly disclosing, or commercializing your discovery? Thinking about starting a company to bring your idea to market? We’re here to answer your questions.

Partner with UCF 

UCF is America’s Partnership University™—committed to developing and strengthening collaborations with universities, organizations, and companies to drive discoveries and innovations that enhance student learning and impact both our communities and the global economy.

Partner with us by exploring our Tech Locator page to find solutions tailored to your company’s needs, taking the leap with a technology from our hand-curated Startups Start Here list, or by sponsoring research.

Science & Technology
UCF Researcher Creates Improved Method to Harvest Hydrogen Energy
Associate Professor Yang Yang has developed a renewable “thin-film” catalyst that uses microscopic patterns for cleaner, more affordable chemical manufacturing and fabrication.
Research
UCF Researcher Creates Color-Changing, Tunable Photonic Material Inspired by Nature
A new technology developed by Professor Debashis Chanda allows materials to change color on demand, with potential applications in camouflage, textiles, thermal sensing, reconfigurable displays…
Colleges & Campus
Daring to Boldly Invent the Future: Florida’s Next-Generation Preeminent University
UCF has achieved 12 metrics to earn the state’s highest designation — a credit to the university community’s talents and dedication.

Contact the Office of Technology Transfer

4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, Florida, 32816 | 407.823.2000
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