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TechLink January 2023: Top Technology Picks Available For Commercialization

You can work with us, at no cost, for guidance on how your company can license and bring to market federally developed technology.

MSU TechLink to offer program to support Montana tech startups

With $150,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Techlink and its collaborating partners will offer the Mesas to Mountains program to guide participants in applying for early-stage seed capital through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and explore opportunities to learn about technologies available for licensing from federally funded research labs and universities. These programs help businesses develop and commercialize new technologies.

Air Force advancing body armor cooling system, looking for commercialization partner

“Anybody that’s worn a vest in any sort of hot conditions can relate to the situations that the warfighter, anybody that has to wear ballistic armor, have to face,” O’Brien said. “But security forces have a very specific role as having to wear it for eight to 10 hours every single day.”

Our experts top eight technology picks for January 2022

You can work with us, for free, to license partially-developed technology.

Top eight technology picks for commercialization from TechLink for December 2021

You can work with us, for free, to license partially-developed technology.

17 product ideas for starting a manufacturing business

Whether you want to make clothing, medical devices, or outdoor gear, you should read the following advice on how to start a home-based manufacturing business.

Montana State University TechLink wins federal award to continue support of Montana tech startups

The $125,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration will support TechLink’s ongoing assistance to Montana businesses who can benefit from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which provide early-stage seed capital to help businesses develop and commercialize new technologies.

Entrepreneurs are Mining this Database of New Government Patents for Product Ideas

Hundreds of business-worthy ideas are developed inside federal laboratories. Businesses and entrepreneurs are welcome to commercialize them, but historically, few know who to contact and what paperwork to submit.

Why tech transfer brings companies ‘more than innovation’

Technology transfer is more common than you might think, in part because the government has thousands of available technologies (patents) covering markets where thousands of companies do business.

TechLink at Montana State University – What it takes to keep federal technology transfer going

The MSU TechLink Center is a part of the Montana State Universities system Montana State is a land grant university of the state of Montana and all land grant colleges have an economic development mission.