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What MIT Seeks in a Licensee

Discover the key criteria MIT’s Technology Licensing Office uses to evaluate potential licensees, from commercialization readiness to mission alignment and technical expertise.

Term Sheets for Launching Startups

Learn common terms and clauses investors or academic institutions may use to begin discussions around launching a startup.

MIT Libraries Market Research

Leverage MIT Libraries' educational databases to learn about market insights, consumer behaviors, industry trends, and competitive landscapes.

MIT Innovation Resources

Explore MIT’s rich landscape for innovation and entrepreneurship.

E14 Fund

An investment fund focused on taking the biggest ideas hatched at MIT, deploying them to the real world, and scaling them for greatest impact.

Orbit

Orbit is the one-stop-shop for MIT student entrepreneurs.

MIT Startup Exchange

Promoting collaboration and partnership between MIT-connected startups and industry, exclusively members of MIT's Industrial Liaison Program (ILP).

Conflict of Interest

MIT has a responsibility to provide positive learning opportunities, preserve the integrity of its research and gain and maintain the public’s trust.

MIT Export Control

Export control prevents the transfer of potentially dangerous technology, tangible items, and software to unfriendly entities.

Faculty Research Collaboration Tool

See how MIT faculty have collaborated with one another.

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Established in 1986, the Technology Licensing Office (TLO) helps identify, protect, market and license MIT’s intellectual property and moves innovations and discoveries from the lab to the marketplace for the benefit of the public and to amplify MIT’s global impact. Visit tlo.mit.edu.

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