The University of Texas System established the Office of Research and Technology Transfer to encourage and facilitate large-scale research collaborations among UT institutions, with other campuses, and with private industry partners. The goal of these collaborations is to strengthen the research itself and to permit communities, the state, business, and industry to gain more from university research and education. This office is also responsible for developing special research opportunities for UT System institutions through collaborations with federal labs.
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Explore the foundations of safe science, review best practices, and promote professional networking at IBC 201, the Institutional Biosafety Committee’s premier conference. This year's conference on September 2-4, 2008, will be co-sponsored by The University of Texas System and Texas A&M System. See IBC201 for details. |
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The UT System Partners with the Office of the Governor of Texas and THBI to Sponsor the “Texas Pavilion” at the 2008 BIO International Convention |
| June 17-20, 2008 San Diego Convention Center. This conference is the world's largest gathering of more than 20,000 biotechnology leaders and 1,800+ exhibiting companies and pavilions representing every aspect of the biotechnology industrySee More Information . |
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| UT System Patent Law Workshop - April 25, 2008 - See video presentation and powerpoint slides (click for link) of recent Patent Law Workshop on April 25, 2008
sponsored by The Office of Research & Technology Transfer. |
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Barbecue' technique fights cancer
The Press Association 16-June-2008
Barbecuing is the latest strategy being explored to kill off cancer cells.The technique involves attacking cancer with microscopic carbon molecules that heat up under near infra-red light.Effectively, the carbon "nanotubes" act like charcoal in a barbie. They literally "cook" and destroy the cancer cells.Researchers are developing the treatment at the University of Texas in the US.Carbon nanotubes are tiny hollow molecules of carbon just one 50,000th the width of a human hair. They have novel properties, and are very efficient heat conductors. Scientists at the University of Texas South-western Medical Centre in Dallas first attached tumour-seeking antibodies to carbon nanotubes, allowing them to "home in" on cancer cells. See complete article. |
Texas Ignition Fund sparks 14 inventions
Austin Business Journal - 9-Apr-2008
The Texas Ignition Fund granted a total of $465,000 to 14 inventions that have the potential to become commercialized. The University of Texas System's newly-created $2 million fund is meant to facilitate the commercialization of technologies or products developed within the UT System. "We are pleased with the quality of these first proposals for Ignition Fund grants and delighted that the availability of the grants has spurred so much interest on UT campuses," UT System Chancellor Mark G. Yudof says. "It is our hope that the grants will speed the commercialization process and, over time, produce significant contributions to the Texas economy and society." See complete article
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The Texas Ignition Fund (TIF)
"UT steps in to kick up the heat..."
A significant gap, referred to as the “valley of death,” often exists between a researcher’s disclosure of an invention and actual product development. Many potentially viable research discoveries are lost for lack of funding to test and prove a concept or put it into practice. A total of $2 million of U. T. System Administration funds are available through the TIF to help overcome this considerable barrier to commercialization.
The TIF will be used to fund grants of up to $50,000 for costs such as personnel, equipment, supplies, instrument use fees, market studies and business plans. We believe that TIF grants will both ignite and accelerate the movement of discoveries in our institutions into the commercial domain.
The list of current awards can be found at the TIFAwardees site. The next due date for submission of applications will be August 18, 2008. A UT faculty member or researcher must collaborate with the technology transfer officer(s) at his/her institution,
and each institution must implement a review process to screen faculty proposals. Please refer to instructions and application.
The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF)
Governor Rick Perry realized the way to ignite the Texas economy is through empowering the rich source of innovation hidden deep in the heart of all the state universities. Legislation during the 79th session was passed which approved the Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) allowing the Governor's office, through a 17 member advisory committee, to administer a pool of approximately $295 million dollars to approved applicants. These funds are not grants but awarded dollars to be used as capital funds to expedite the process of taking research from the lab to the marketplace. These awards are all invested back into Texas, spurring economic growth and life changing research developments. The ETF awards are funded in three designated categories of: Incentives for Commercialization, Research Grant Matching; and Research Superiority Acquisition of Talent. To see the current list of UT inventors and companies that have received these funds, and to learn more about what they are doing in the industry, please see link at If you would like to learn more about how you can apply for these funds, please go to our ETF section.
Research Collaborations Report - The Office of Research & Technology Transfer has been the lead UT System office involved in defining high-potential areas for partnerships and cross-System regional research centers. This initiative began with a System-wide faculty survey about interdisciplinary research and collaborations and regional meetings of selected faculty and administrators. See the executive summary, with the full report due to be finalized in the near future.
RTT Newsletter Quarterly updates on research and technology transfer initiatives by the Office of Research and Technology Transfer. Find out about these recent developments.
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