Technology Transfer Business Enterprise, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Technology Transfer Network

The Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise (TTBE) office of the University of Ottawa facilitates the establishment of strategic partnerships that provide new opportunities for collaborative research, technology development and commercialization.  TTBE provides a number of services to University of Ottawa researchers and our research sponsors through six major activities:

• Facilitation of contract research;
• Development of new collaborative research opportunities;
• Disclosure and evaluation of research discoveries;
• Protection of research discoveries and intellectual property;
• Transfer of research discoveries to partners;
• Development of commercialization opportunities for research discoveries.

The Ottawa Technology Transfer Network (OTTN) is an integral part of the Government of Ontario's innovation strategy and framework.  OTTN is a provincially funded network of institutions in Eastern Ontario that focus on research, collaboration, engagement with industry, entrepreneurship and technology transfer.

The activities of OTTN are essentially education, engagement and funding.