Top tips for TTO websites - A Checklist

• Ensure the basic information about your Technology Transfer Team and/or office can be found easily on your institute’s website. 
• Include where the office sits in the university structure, especially if this is external to the university!
• Make it clear if you work as part of a consortium and provide brief information about your relationship with the institute(s).
• Include basic introductory information about the Technology Transfer process, or direct the reader to where they can find out more.
• Provide some basic information about Patent Law, the differing types of Intellectual Property and how your institution handles them.
• Ensure all forms that academics may need are easily accessible.
• If possible, make them downloadable in more than one format (i.e. as a Word document and PDF).
• Include instructions as to how to convert the files if you require the form to be submitted in a particular format (i.e via pdf rather than a word document), 
• Include clear instructions about how and where to submit the completed forms (i.e via an online file drop or include a submissions email address).
• Provide examples of completed forms and explanations of when and why each form may need to be completed.

More detailed information about all of these tips, along with examples, can be found in our recent blog post, Top tips for Technology Transfer Office websites (14th September 2022).