Support for academics
Intellectual Property (IP)
The IP & Licensing team helps to define whether an innovative finding can be protected by an Intellectual Property right, mainly by a patent right.
Legal Support
We provide legal assistance with regard to the drafting and negotiating of contracts that involve research and research services, the protection and exploitation of know-how and intellectual property rights which are the result of research performed by Ghent University.
Industrial Research Fund (IOF)
The Industrial Research Fund (IOF) manages the fundings for valorization oriented research at Ghent University and its associated University Colleges. The fund is subsidized by the Flemish Government.
Spin-Off advice
Creating a startup requires considerable effort from the entrepreneurs. TechTransfer assists the UGent entrepreneurs through a team of specialists including IP attorneys, lawyers, business developers and finance people.
TechTransfer Courses
The TT educational programme has been elaborated especially for researchers with minimum 3 years research experience of all faculties (alfa, beta, gamma) from the Ghent University Association. The objective is to gain knowledge and skills to commercialize research results.
VLAIO
TechTransfer offers advice concerning the different funding programmes of the The Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and support during the application procedure and after granting of your project.
Lab notebooks
Researchers at Ghent University can order their laboratory notebook for free.
We provide one laboratory notebook per research project.