Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization (CTTC)

The Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization‘s mission is to provide professional commercialization services to the Vanderbilt community, thus optimizing the flow of innovation to the marketplace and generating revenue that supports future research activities, while having a positive impact on society.

Key Functions:

• Licensing Vanderbilt inventions to industry for development into products that benefit society.
• Assisting with the creation and launch of start-up companies developing Vanderbilt-created technologies.
• Engaging with industry to develop research support opportunities for Vanderbilt researchers.

Services to Researchers:

• Processing of material transfer agreements.
• Evaluating, protecting and commercializing researcher discoveries.
• Assistance with start-up company formation.
• Medical product regulatory affairs advice.

Services to Companies:

• Connecting industry to core research capabilities at Vanderbilt.
• Identifying opportunities to in-license technology to bolster product lines.
• Vetting new ventures’ business and financial models.
• Connecting new ventures to local advisors, managers and service providers.
• Assisting new ventures in raising capital.

An extensive database of resources for companies and industry partners can be found on our For Industry page.