Researchers
Got something promising? We'll help you test the opportunity, protect what matters and find the right route forward.
Whereresearchbecomesimpact
We help LAU researchers and founders protect what they create, from research results to startup ideas, and take it to market.
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Call for invention disclosures
Faculty and graduate students across all seven schools can disclose inventions, software and datasets. A disclosure is confidential and is reviewed on a rolling basis.
Patents / Software / Datasets / Know-how / Trademarks
- When
- Rolling
- Where
- Beirut, Byblos, online
- Who
- Faculty, researchers, graduate students
Mission
Ideas do not reach the market alone. The TTO protects what LAU researchers and founders create and turns it into licences, partnerships and startups.
Protect
Disclosure intake, evaluation, patent and copyright filing through external counsel, and clarity on who owns what.
Develop
Market assessment, proof-of-concept funding routes, and prototyping with the LAU Industrial Hub to de-risk the work.
Transfer
Licences to companies, express licences for software and research tools, and spinouts formed with LAU Engine.
Return
Revenue shared with inventors and schools, and proceeds reinvested in research.
Where LAU research is meeting a market.
Health and Medtech
Devices and therapies moving from LAU's medical campus and labs toward patients, including diagnostics built to work outside the clinic.
DiagnosticsPortable devicesDigital healthTherapeutics
AI and Data
Models and systems built for problems the big platforms skip: low-resource dialects, bot detection, physiological prediction, wildfire simulation.
Language AICybersecurityDigital twinsSimulation
Learning and Society
Technologies that change how people learn and how learning is measured, from brain-state-aware teaching to immersive classrooms and Lebanese-normed tests.
Neuro-adaptive learningAssessmentXR educationLiteracy
Engineering and Materials
New compositions of matter and product formats with industrial application, from steel protection to new ways of packaging everyday goods.
CorrosionChemistryManufacturingConsumer formats
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Researchers
Got something promising? We'll help you test the opportunity, protect what matters and find the right route forward.
The most common questions.
[1]What is the LAU Technology Transfer Office?
The TTO is the university office that protects what LAU researchers invent and moves it into use through licences, partnerships and spinouts. It is established under LAU's Intellectual Property Policy and works with the IP Committee, LAU Engine, the Industrial Hub and the schools.
[2]Who owns what I invent at LAU?
Under the IP Policy, inventions made with LAU resources are owned by the University, with exceptions for scholarly works and certain student work. Inventors share in any revenue. The Understanding IP page explains each case in plain language.
[3]Can I still publish?
Yes. Talk to the TTO before you publish or present, so protection can be filed first. A public disclosure before filing can make an invention unpatentable in most countries.
[4]Who pays for patents?
LAU pays for protection through external IP counsel. Inventors are not asked to fund filings. Costs are recovered from licensing revenue before distribution.
[5]Can I start a company around my research?
Yes. The TTO licenses the IP to the new company and LAU Engine runs the spinout track, the LAUNCH accelerator and SCALE New York. The Founders page explains the route and the founder terms.