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TechLink helps the Department of Defense to commercialize leading-edge new technology by partnering DoD labs with private sector companies for technology licensing, transfer, and research and development

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.

TechLink – Our experts top seven technology picks for January 2021

TechLink helps industry partners access and evaluate technology commercialization opportunities developed in federal research laboratories.

MSU TechLink receives federal grant to help high-tech companies

The program places particular emphasis on helping women and socially or economically disadvantaged individuals, and applicants from underrepresented or rural areas compete in the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.

Collaboration Between Start-Ups and Federal Agencies: A Surprising Solution for Energy Innovation

Collaborations between climate-tech start-ups and government partners enhance start-up patenting and follow-on financing more than comparable collaborations with private firms or universities. Policies that foster them should be strengthened.

TechLink – Product innovation doesn’t have to stop because of R&D budget cuts

Government-led R&D spending is safe and businesses have ways to leverage it.

TechLink conducting transition analysis of Defense Department’s SBIR program

“With the results tabulated into a final report next year, policymakers will have reliable information for weighing the program’s support of national security and the defense innovation base,” said Michael Wallner, TechLink’s lead economic research specialist.

MSU’s Montana Innovation Partnership helps Montana earn highest success rates in NIH research grants for startups, small businesses

We break down how to tackle market research for high tech innovations and guidelines to prepare well-crafted and persuasive SBIR/STTR proposals.

Weekly TechLink roundup featuring seven new medical technologies

Securing a license agreement to a partially-developed technology drastically cuts costs and research and development time allowing companies to bring new products to market more cheaply and easily.

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