Office of Technology Transfer
GW Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) promotes and facilitates the transfer of GW innovations for the benefit of the university community and the public while leveraging GW resources through partnering with industry experts and entrepreneurs.
We are the bridge between in-house laboratory research and companies, entrepreneurs, and investors. Our primary aim is to connect university researchers with business enterprises, entrepreneurs, and unique external resources. OTT oversees all aspects of technology commercialization at GW.
OTT helps both university researchers and industry experts. For more information, please visit our respective pages:
University Researchers
Industry Experts and Entrepreneurs
Important Forms
If you are a George Washington University faculty/staff member or a student, please use the official university Intellectual Property Disclosure Form to report the creation of intellectual property including inventions, software, trademarks, copyrightable materials, and tangible research materials. Upon receipt of this form and the required supporting materials, your Intellectual Property Disclosure will be officially docketed and assigned to a case manager in the Office of Technology Transfer with the most relevant scientific and commercial background. Disclosure forms may be submitted via email and/or via mail to our office.
Technologies Available for Licensing
For more information on the technologies currently available for licensing at GW, please visit our Technology page.
If you have any questions about the selection of technologies, please contact us.
The GW Experience
Students
An Incubator for Ideas
GW student entrepreneurs may apply for spots in entrepreneurship incubator.
A Home Away from Home
Twins study medicine and public health at George Washington.
Student Co-Produces New Album
George Washington student José Curbelo helped produce an album of northern Uruguayan music for Smithsonian Folkways.
A Call to Service
GW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.
Faculty
Teaching Campaigning in Cairo
GSPM professors teach practical skills to emerging politicians in Egypt.
South African Youth Perform at GW
Latest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.
A Life-Changing Course
Today’s reading by Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of “The Far Euphrates,” is the first of six from visiting artists in this spring’s Jewish Literature Live course.
Alumni
Medical Alumni Can ‘Adopt a Doc’
New scholarship program enables graduates to put a face and name to donations.
GW Alumni, Graduate Student Win Fulbrights
Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.
Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About Learning
George Washington alumna helped create a curriculum for elementary school students centered on the dog who used to serve as the postal service’s mascot.