New York University
New York University is a private research university anchored around Washington Square in Greenwich Village, with a $1.5 billion research enterprise and one of the most commercially productive tech-transfer track records in U.S. academia, most famously the Remicade antibody franchise.
Commercialization Approach
Technology Opportunities and Ventures translates the outputs of the university research base into commercial solutions and technologies to maximize their social and economic impact.
Research and Commercialization Data
Total R&D Expenditures
- Research spending (FY2024): $1.5B total, of which $74.4M was funded by business. NSF National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
- US patents granted (2025): 41 (rank #52). National Academy of Inventors
- Tech transfer (FY2024): 373 invention disclosures, 142 patent applications, 103 licenses and options, 19 startups, $11.5M licensing revenue. NYU Technology Opportunities & Ventures
Research Focus Areas
Biomedical & Translational Medicine
Clinical and therapeutic research driving the bulk of NYU commercialization
Computer Science, AI & Mathematics
Foundational quantitative and computing research
Neuroscience & Precision Psychiatry
Brain and behavioral research feeding precision-psychiatry spinouts
Related Market Maps
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View all market maps →Notable Spinouts
Ajax Therapeutics
Founded 2019 • Biotechnology
Structure-based precision therapies for myeloproliferative and blood disorders
Aethon Therapeutics
Biotechnology
Custom antibody therapeutics with a novel approach to fighting cancer
Programs & Resources
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
centerUniversity-wide hub for startup education, venture support, and the Endless Frontier Labs accelerator
Learn moreRankings & Recognition
Tech Transfer Office
NYU Technology Opportunities & Ventures (TOV)
Director: Marc Sedam
IP Portfolio Available
Platform: e-lucid
Browse IP PortfolioServices Offered
- •Technology licensing
- •Startup formation and venture support
- •Corporate-sponsored research facilitation
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