Brown Technology Innovations

Brown Technology Innovations

The mission of Brown Technology Innovations is to put Brown University’s technology first to drive commercial outcomes that benefit the University and society.

Putting Brown Technology First

The Brown University technology transfer office, called Brown Technology Innovations (BTI), supports all aspects of intellectual property commercialization including but not limited to inventions, patents, copyrights, license and option agreements, and startups. In addition, BTI supports Brown faculty and researchers in the area of industry sponsored research, including sponsored research agreements in relation to pharmaceutical, tech, biotech and engineering companies.

Brown Technology Innovations strives to provide faculty and inventors with the resources and support necessary to bring their ideas to impact.
From brain science to biomedical engineering to pharmaceuticals to the arts and humanities, Brown researchers fuel discovery, solve global problems and confront complex 21st century challenges with a relentless focus on the greater good.

2024 Innovation@Brown Showcase

 

BTI’s annual Innovation@Brown Showcase highlights local startup activity, celebrates groundbreaking inventions, and offers networking opportunities.

Learn More

Meet the team behind Brown Technology Innovations and learn about their expertise, roles and areas of inquiry.
Brown Technology Innovations’ 2024 Annual Report includes stories about faculty inventors and startup companies and looks ahead to FY25. [PDF]
Commercialization of inventions based on university research is an important way to develop valuable products as well as an effective mechanism to disseminate knowledge gained from basic research. Many products on the market today originated from basic research conducted at universities.  

Latest Updates

The Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (CoPsy) is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of mind, brain, and behavior. Its mission is to conduct impactful state-of-the-art research, to teach, and to provide service to society in these areas of scholarship.
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News from BTI

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Founded in 2014, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) is Brown's hub for environmental, climate, and sustainability research in the pursuit of environmental justice for all.
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Brown University’s RNA Center

Brown’s RNA Center, in the Division of Biology and Medicine, launched in 2023. The center focuses on making basic RNA discoveries and translating their impact to patient outcomes.
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Here to Help

Please reach out to tech-innovations@brown.edu with any questions regarding the commercialization of technology or research discoveries at Brown University.