Massachusetts Technology Portal

Fact Sheet

 

What: A single website where one can search easily and efficiently for technologies available from multiple research institutions in Massachusetts .

 

When: The website will be launched on May 1 with over 1,000 listings of technology from nine research institutions. It is envisaged that by the middle of the summer technologies from over 20 institutions will be available on the site.

 

Where: The website for the Massachusetts Technology Portal is www.MassTechPortal.org

 

Why: Currently if you are looking for new technologies in specific fields you have to visit individual websites for each institution that you think might have research in that field - and they may or may not have their technologies listed. At this one site visitors will be able to search technologies available at multiple institutions and see a wide range of technologies that might be of interest to them.

 

Who: The Portal is a joint project of the Massachusetts Association of Technology Transfer Offices (MATTO) and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC). The development and implementation of the portal has been paid for by the MTTC and the following MATTO members: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston University, Brandeis University, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Joslin Diabetes Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Northeastern University, The Schepens Eye Research Institute , and Tufts University. The portal site was developed by Third Sky.

 

For More Information: 617-287-7002

Mattcenter@umassp.edu