The activities of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) cover the following main areas:
- Technology transfer of research results through marketing of research results, and organisation of meetings between developers and users of technology, seminars, conferences, and training courses;
- Consulting in intellectual property protection;
- Training in commercialization of research results;
- Developing methodologies and training materials on:
- Protection of scientific results with the help of intellectual property rights;
- Marketing research results using the most effective forms of technology transfer (licensing, franchising, establishing joint ventures, joint research and more;
- Commercialization of research results and establishing /spinning-off of new businesses;
- Finding sources for funding innovative projects;
- Production and distribution of a newsletter for new technologies and project opportunities;
- Establishment of contacts with other TTOs in Bulgaria and abroad.
The TTO at Sofia University also provides support in the following areas:
- Analysis of the feasibility of new ideas and developments;
- Development of project proposals and management of projects financed by the European Social Fund under the Operational Programmes and other instruments;
- Identification of project partners;
- Participation in international, national and regional forums and initiatives;
- Establishment of university spin-offs and student clusters.