Technology Transfer Performance Assessment

Take our technology and knowledge transfer performance assessment survey to review internal processes and operations, funding, and successes as well as established links with the surrounding environment and define areas for improvement.

Review internal and external parts of your technology transfer office

Identify specific areas for improvement

Gain useful insights

Design actions

Our technology transfer performance assessment survey is designed to enable university technology transfer offices to review the effectiveness of their operations, processes, funding, successes and linkages with the surrounding society. Our survey is based on the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) model. The discovery process allows technology transfer offices to build on their past successes, identify potential areas for improvement and put in place a plan of action to further provide value to the university's academic community.


As part of the process, the technology transfer management team together with the university's leadership take the survey enabling them to gain valuable insights.


The technology transfer performance assessment survey comprises several probing questions allowing any established technology transfer office to review internal and external factors of their operations and design actions and plans. The five themes of our survey are shown below.

  • Strategy

    Across this theme internal areas of the technology transfer office are explored

    • Are there clear goals for knowledge transfer and commercialisation?
    • Is there a prepared strategy describing how to achieve these goals?
    • Is it clear how to execute this strategy?
    • What/ which types of knowledge transfer and commercialisation activities are prioritised
    • What is your reasoning behind your priorities
    • Is there a focus on activities towards a specific area (a specific sector, products/services, region, etc?)

  • Management Attitudes

    Across this theme management's attitudes towards knowledge and technology transfer are explored such as,

    • Does management executives have discussions about industry co-operation and commercial activities (university leadership)?
    • Is the university leadership aware of researchers’ and students’ attitudes regarding industry co-operation and other commercial activities?
    • Is the university leadership actively working with attitudes and behaviour related to innovation and commercialisation at various organisational levels within the university?
    • Is it common that university employees have temporary positions outside of academia?
    • Is it common that industry employees have temporary positions within research- and/or educational activities at the university?

  • Processes

    Across this theme internal processes for technology and knowledge transfer are reviewed including,

    • How is the work with knowledge transfer and commercialisation organised at the university
    • Is ownership of responsibility clear in various units and their relation to each other?
    • What activities are provided to promote/ develop knowledge transfer and commercialisation?
    • Is the perception towards knowledge transfer of university stakeholders investigated on a regular basis?

  • Linkages

    Across this theme university links with the surrounding society are explored,

    • How does your organisation work to support the establishment of networks with the surrounding society?
    • Is there co-operation with other universities regarding knowledge transfer and commercialisation activities?
    • To what extent do researchers at your university engage in contract research, provide consultancy/ advice with external organisations or commissioned/ professional education?

  • Facts & Figures

    Across this theme facts and figures about the university , its activities and its successes until now are captured around the following areas,

    • University type,
    • Funding,
    • Commercial results,
    • IP rights,
    • Licensing,
    • Spin-out companies, and
    • Research contracts.


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