The mission of the ORSP Division of Technology Management (DTM) is to stimulate, protect, manage and transfer intellectual property from the University to the private sector for commercialization. Our goal is fulfill this mission while also enabling you to freely publish and present your work as part of your scholarly research activities. We encourage you to discuss us any questions or concerns you may have, no matter how early the stage of your research.
Many academic and research projects have the potential to create marketable products or technologies. The DTM, in concert with University of Mississippi research centers and academic departments, helps identify research with commercial potential and promote its appropriate realization in the marketplace.
The DTM also assists faculty, staff and student personnel in fulfilling their responsibility to cooperate with the University in patenting, licensing, and otherwise commercializing technology for which they are inventors. The DTM works to stimulate the development of alliances with development partners based on the technology strengths of the University in order to strengthen U.S. industry, especially industry in Mississippi, and works to ensure that inventions conceived and developed in our laboratories are protected and commercialized for the benefit of the inventors, the University, the State of Mississippi, and society.
DTM is responsible for administration of the UM Patents and Inventions Policy and the UM Copyright Policy, as it pertains to intellectual property. Drafting and execution of relevant agreements is a key part of this responsibility. Our office negotiates and manages Material Transfer Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, Inter-Institutional Agreements and Licensing Agreements, as well as others.