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.
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.
Brown Technologies
Looking for a commercial opportunity with Brown's research behind it? The BTI database has a large array of commercial opportunities ready for collaborative research, translational development or licensing.
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2024 Innovation@Brown Showcase
BTI’s annual Innovation@Brown Showcase highlights local startup activity, celebrates groundbreaking inventions, and offers networking opportunities.
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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
From the Division of Research
Brown University ranks on Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024
The list, published annually since 2023, features 100 universities that collectively hold over 6,700 patents.
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News from BTI
Arctura named a Time Top US GreenTech Company of 2025
Arctura named Top US GreenTech company.
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News from BTI
Join us: Best Practices for Industry-Sponsored Research
Learn about industry-sponsored research on April 21.
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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.