Tech Transfer :: Resources

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UM Research has links to many UM research and development units as well as policy, funding, and support information.
College of Engineering Research: each academic unit has a web page dedicated to research activities. Also see the College of Engineering Technology Transfer & Commercialization.
Medical School: Also see the Medical School Technology Transfer & Corporate Research.
MUCI is a Michigan Life Science Cooridor-funded project aimed at creating the infrastructure necessary to support and expand the commercialization of life science technology in Michigan.
Michigan Life Sciences Corridor Core Facilities
Visit the UM Business School and especially the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.
Free online assistance with graphic and industrial design is available from a division of the School of Art & Design's research project, Design in Biz.
UM Directory Search

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) provides current news in the tech transfer industry.
Uventures.com “joins those seeking cutting-edge technologies with the universities and institutions that are developing these innovations.”
Yet2.com is a “marketplace for licensable technologies from all over the world.”
TechEx offers a forum where members can identify and introduce technology and intellectual property that is available for partnering.
The Patent & License Exchange is another clearinghouse for technologies.
Attorney Search
MRUN is an alliance of business development professionals at twenty major Midwest research insitutions.

Visit the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Business School.
UM has several courses in entrepreneurship.
The Entrepreneur's Guide to a Biotech Startup (PDF).
The New Enterprise Forum is a local not-for-profit organization founded “to link entrepreneurs with management expertise, joint venture partners, mentors, business services, capital, and other critical resources.”
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership “sponsors education, training and research initiatives targeted to the needs of adult entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship support systems.”
The Michigan Biosciences Industry Association (MBIA) supports the growth of the biosciences industry and its constituent companies in Michigan.
Michigan Life Sciences Job Board
Jobs With Our UM Start-ups

UM Research has information specifically addressing Relations with Industry and Funding Opportunities.
U.S. Small Business Administration: Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
Galaxy Search Engine: Business and Commerce and Galaxy Search Engine: Engineering & Technology: This commercial search engine focuses on Industry.
TRAM (Texas Research Administrators Group): research funding sources, updated daily. TRAM also contains grant application forms from various sources, as well as standard agreements for subcontracts, non-disclosures, licenses, and links to other research funding and administration information.
FDA Regulations

Kuester Law - The Technology Law Resource is an award-winning comprehensive resource on patent, copyright, and trademark law.
Federal Laws relating to patents, trademarks and copyrights
The U.S. Copyright Office has extensive information and downloadable forms.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database is now available for free searching.
AIDS Patents Project
Source Translation Optimization (STO) provides patenting information: economics, legal analysis, statistics, court rulings, patent analysis tools and more.
Bayh-Dole Act: Council on Government Relations (COGR) explanation of The Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act

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