University of Montreal, Laval University and ETS are to combine their tech transfer operations within a Quebec-wide initiative due to launch next spring.
Three university tech transfer offices in Quebec are to be swallowed up by a nonprofit umbrella organisation set up by the Canadian province’s Ministry of Economy and Innovation.
University of Montreal, Laval University and graduate engineering school ETS will lose their TTOs and have their services integrated into an as-yet-unnamed body charged with promoting research across Quebec.
The shake-up is expected to take effect by March 31, 2021. In addition to the three founding stakeholders, other Quebecois universities…