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The Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC)
Connecting Business with
New Technology
CTC is based in Westborough, MA, and serves as NASA’s Northeast Regional Technology Transfer Center (RTTC), covering the six New England States, plus New York and New Jersey. A non-profit company with satellite offices, CTC acts as a gateway for the transfer of NASA and other federal technology to private industry. CTC is one of six RTTCs comprising a nationwide network devoted to the common mission of assisting American industry to improve its worldwide competitiveness through the acquisition and commercialization of new technologies.
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A Team Rich in Technical and Business Expertise
The CTC staff is a team of uniquely qualified professionals with extensive experience in technical fields including photonics, physics, biochemistry, material sciences, mechanical engineering, and fuel cell development. These skills are complimented by advanced business degrees and decades of corporate experience in applying new technologies to new products and building real businesses.
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CTC’s Services include:
- Technology Scouting
- Preparing Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDA)
- Helping clients with NASA Space act Agreements (SAA)
- Technology Licenses
- Product Commercialization
- Market Assessment
- Industry Assessment
- Market Development
- Business Plans
- Financial Consulting
- Focused Technical Literature Monitoring
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In addition, CTC operates focused programs that include:
- The Public Safety Technology Center
Working to introduce the latest in new technologies to the public safety community in order to bring law enforcement procedures and technologies into the 21st Century.
- The Technical Information Center
With electronic access to over half a billion documents and combined with staff knowledge of federal laboratory capabilities, CTC’s Technical Information Center can find the new technology or technical expertise your company is seeking. Services also include patent searches and market research.
How to Get Started
Initial meetings to explore a client company’s needs and other services that require a few hours of applied time are typically provided at no charge. If a client engagement involves significant resource application, CTC would submit a project proposal stating the services to be provided and billing rates. Rates vary depending upon the compatibility of the proposed project with CTC’s federally funded programs. In certain instances, CTC will accept potential revenue such as success fees, or percentages of royalty income.
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