Licensing Agreements

Faculty members and other researchers are required to disclose their inventions to the Office of Technology Management (OTM) pursuant to the Intellectual Property Agreement they signed as a condition of their employment at PSU. The disclosure process is described here. A list of technologies currently available for licensing can be found here.

PSU seeks to maximize the economic impact of its research efforts by identifying industrial partners to commercialize its technology. Please contact the Office of Technology Management to discuss your interest in entering into a licensing agreement with PSU.

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Statistics

The Science and Engineering (S&E) Research Expenditure Rankings for FY10 were released March 2012. This report identifies Penn State's rankings in S&E research fields and subfields. This data is based on an expenditure survey conducted each year by the National Science Foundation. Survey data from prior years can be found here.

The Annual Report of Research Activity charts sources of research funding, research expenditures, and the research activity of the interdisciplinary and technology transfer units.