Scientific research and scientific and technical developments:
- monitoring and analytical research processes in scientific, technical and innovation spheres;
- development of legal acts projects and scientific and methodological documents on scientific and technical expertise, scientific and technical information, innovation activity and technology transfer;
- forecasting scientific, technical and innovation development of the country;
- preparation of analytical reviews on the status, experience and current issues of scientific, technical and innovation activities in Ukraine and abroad.
Organization and conducting scientific and technical expertise:
- scientific and technical projects (offers, requests) submitted to the competition: the state order for scientific and technical products; Basic research state fund; the awards of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the development and implementation of innovation technologies and others;
- scientific and research, research and development work;
- innovation and investment projects;
- technology or their components that have been established for the budget at their transfer;
- organization and conducting of technology audit.
Collection, analysis and dissemination of scientific and technical information:
The Institute is the primary state system organization of scientific and technical information and conducts its activities in this area in the following areas:
- state registration of scientific and research, research and development work, protected dissertations, technologies and their components that have been established for the budget;
- formation of scientific and technical information and results of scientific and technical activities funds;
- publication and dissemination of information materials, magazines, digests and research reviews in scientific, technical and innovation spheres;
- organization and conducting of the permanent exhibition of the latest technologies and developments, conferences, round tables and other scientific and educational events.
The Institute is a member of the National Scientific and Technical Platform (coordination research center) of the "green" economy and "green" growth.
Intellectual Property Management:
- consulting and assistance of developers to scientific and technical products in the management of intellectual property;
- Conducting patent and patent and market research;
- providing legal assistance in concluding contracts, licensing agreements and agreements on the transfer of rights.
Support of technology transfer:
- collection and preparing information about promising technologies, establishment and maintenance of appropriate databases and platforms, provide interested parties information on the most promising for commercialization of scientific and technical developments;
- identifying promising areas of commercialization of scientific and technical developments created in higher education, help in promoting them in the market;
- consulting on economic, legal and organizational issues of technology transfer and their components;
- conducting market research.
International activity in scientific and technical spheres:
The Institute is the base organization for the activity of the National Information Centre for EU cooperation in science and technology spheres (Inform EU) the main function of which is to ensure the implementation of the Framework Programme of the European Union research and innovation "Horizon 2020".
The Institute is a member of the International Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) involved in international projects "Innovation Promotion Network" and "Club of business cooperation"
The Institute, as part of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), created Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC).