The department facilitates and coordinates the following activities:
- Managing the technology acquisition and research emerging from the National Innovation System comprising the tertiary institutions (Universities, Poly/Mono-technics, Colleges of Education), Research and Allied Institutions;
- Collation, evaluation, analysis and protection of research results emanating from the Institutions;
- Formulating and evolving policies that will encourage local inventions and innovations as well as the acquisition of foreign technology to strengthen the national Science and Technology Innovation (STI) system;
- Building capacity of researchers in various aspect of research;
- Inculcating a culture of Intellectual Property rights in the tertiary institutions;
- Initiating the procedure for the protection of research and development (R&D) results by the acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights (patenting), etc. including the development of proto-types of products and processes with the aim of demonstrating the viability of results in collaboration with both internal and external organizations;
- Coordinating and liaising with the National Science and Technology Innovation (STI) with a view to facilitating closer relationship among the stakeholders to foster better Intellectual Property Right (IPR) management and;
- Initiating and reviewing periodically, the procedures for indigenous technology licensing within the National Science and Technology Innovation (STI).