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Polsky Tech 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.
FY2022 HIGHLIGHTS
$22M
LICENSING
REVENUE
197
INvention
Disclosures
34
IP
LICENSES
9
SCIENCE-BASED STARTUPS
75
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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