The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) was founded in 2007 under the TEMPUS project "Stimulating Croatia's Entrepreneurial Activities and Technology Transfer in Education - CREATE" with multiple partners from Croatia and EU. The main activities of the office include the promotion of entrepreneurship and support to transfer of knowledge and research results from University of Split to economy. From the fall 2008 TTO has been working in the Enterprise Europe Network (project SSBI-CRO) as a regional partner in charge of technology transfer support in south Croatia. As a EEN member it provides services to academic and business subjects alike. Instruments include partner search tools within technology transfer databases, fast access to information on funding opportunities and intellectual property rights. In order to assess the needs of companies and researchers staff of the TTO go to individual on-site visits and help clients create their technology profiles, which are actively promoted in the network. The TTO organizes workshops on innovation, as well as brokerage events and missions to help companies and researchers find partners for collaborations such as licensing, technical cooperation or joint venture.

The Office supports research in all stages of technology implementation: from idea, invention, process of intellectual property protection, to setting up a company and commercialization of intellectual property. In particular, the TTO helps in:
• Intellectual property protection
• Education of researches and students in entrepreneurship
• Writing business plans
• Making of marketing plans
• Setting up of companies
• Establishing contacts with business partners
• Other questions regarding the beginning an successful entrepreneurial activity

Contact person:
Dr. Leandra Vranješ Markić, Head of the office
E-mail: leandra@pmfst.hr

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