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Polsky Technology Commercialization
Advancing Discoveries at the University of Chicago
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation manages all technology transfer operations at the University of Chicago. Our Tech Transfer Office serves as the central resource for transforming groundbreaking ideas and faculty discoveries into new products, services, and ventures.
FY2023 HIGHLIGHTS
$19M
LICENSING
REVENUE
193
Invention
Disclosures
30
IP LICENSES
7
SCIENCE-BASED STARTUPS
78
Patents
Issued
Venture Gallery
View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries.
Technology Portfolio
Browse available technologies from University of Chicago researchers and sign up for custom alerts.
Meet Our Team
We have a dedicated team of scientists and operations professionals with deep technical expertise who are exclusively focused on managing intellectual property and negotiating partnerships and licenses for technologies developed by faculty, researchers, and staff.
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#ACCELERATING DEEP TECH VENTURES
Polsky Deep Tech Ventures integrates Chicago Booth’s entrepreneurial training with deep foundational scientific research, providing a suite of domain-specific accelerators in addition to a full spectrum of startup services, educational offerings, and funding opportunities to ensure startup success.
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