Technology Transfer Resources

National & International

Florida Atlantic University, Office of Technology Transfer
Stephen G. Nappi
Interim Director
777 Glades Road, P.O. Box 3091
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Phone: 561.297.1165
Fax: 561.297.2141
E-mail: snappi@fau.edu

The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) manages the intellectual property, including inventions and works, resulting in Florida Atlantic University’s research that has commercial potential. The OTT staff works with FAU faculty, staff and students to facilitate the transfer of FAU technologies to the commercial sector for public benefit.

Florida Gulf Coast University, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Thomas J. Roberts
Associate Vice President for Research
10501 FGCU Blvd. South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
Phone: 239.590.7020
Fax: 239.590.7024
E-mail: troberts@fgcu.edu

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is the designated central clearinghouse for all external proposal submissions. The office assists in proposal preparation, funding source identification, compliance issues pertaining to use of human and animal subjects in research, and budget preparation.

Florida Institute of Technology, Patents and Copyright Committee
Robert L. Sullivan
Chair Research
Office of Research
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Phone: 321.674.7490
Fax: 321.674.8969
E-mail: sullivan@fit.edu

The Patent and Copyright Committee at the Florida Institute of Technology has the responsibility to receive and act upon reports of discoveries and inventions; to determine the ownership of discoveries and inventions, and to determine the equities of the university, the inventors, and other parties.

Florida State University, Office of IP Development and Commercialization
John Fraser
Director
2010 Levy Avenue, Suite 276-C
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2743
Phone: 850.644.8637
Fax: 850.644.3675
E-mail: jfraser@techtransfer.fsu.edu

The Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization (OIPDC) assists faculty, staff and students move their innovative research results and creative work into public use by licensing to outside organizations to develop and market products based on FSU research.

University of Central Florida, Technology Transfer Office
Joseph Giampapa
Associate Director
University Tower/Research Park
12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501
Orlando, FL 32826
Phone: 407.823.3778
Fax: 407.823.3299
E-mail: giampapa@mail.ucf.edu

The mission of the Technology Transfer Office is to innovately facilitate the transfer of technology from the university to the commercial sector.

University of Florida, Office of Technology Licensing
David Day
Director
University of Florida
P.O. Box 115500
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352.392.8929
E-mail: dlday@ufl.edu

The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at the University of Florida was established in 1985 to work with inventors to facilitate the transfer of technologies created at UF to the commercial sector for public benefit.

University of Miami, Office of Technology Transfer
Gary Margules
Assistant Provost
University of Miami
1475 N.W. 12th Ave., Suite 2012
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: 305.243.5689
Fax: 305.243.3510
E-mail: margules@miami.edu

Since its inception in 1989, the University of Miami's Office of Technology Transfer has adhered to two principal goals: to provide a mechanism for rapidly advancing new technology developed as a result of University research for public use and benefit, and where consistent with the first goal, to provide a source of funding to further support research.

University of North Florida, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Dawn Boatman
Director
University of North Florida
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road S.
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Phone: 904.620.2455
Fax: 904.624.2457
E-mail: osrp@unf.edu

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) provides a mechanism through which intellectual property developed at the University of North Florida is protected and promoted. Through marketing and licensing activities, the Office brings technology forward to public use and for the benefit of the inventor, the University, and the community.

University of South Florida, Division of Patents and Licensing
Valerie L. Mcdevitt, Esq.
Director
3802 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33612-9220
Phone: 813.974.0994
Fax: 813.974.8490
E-mail: patents@research.usf.edu

The mission of the Division of Patents and Licensing (DPL) is to manage the university's intellectual capital through the technology transfer process. DPL identifies, protects, markets and licenses, the embodiments of campus research and scholarly activity.

University of West Florida, Virtual Business Accelerator

The mission of the Virtual Business Accelerator is to develop and promote effective methods of technology transfer. The project recognizes the key role of universities and federal labs in creating intellectual property and will develop and implement curricula and tools to facilitate the commercialization process, as well as the cultivation of entrepreneurial skills in high impact areas.