tech transfer
Report Proposes New Statewide Commercialization Effort for Ohio
A new report from the Ohio Board of Regents proposes a statewide commercialization ecosystem to create jobs, promote economic growth and increase wealth in the state. According to the report, recent research suggesting that, when compared to other states, Ohio lags behind in the commercialization of technology. In The Condition of Higher Education in Ohio: Advancing Ohio's Innovation Economy, there are several recommendations to improve the state's technology transfer pipeline to turn academic research into market-ready products and services including:
New European Union Initiatives Connects Europe's Public Research Organizations
The European Union (EU) launched the Technology Transfer Offices — Connecting Innovation and Research Centers and Laboratories in Europe (European TTO CIRCLE ), a network of tech transfer offices at Europe's 25 largest public research organizations. With the goal of increasing the market and societal impacts of publicly-funded research, the European TTO CIRCLE members already have adopted a set of several initiatives including:
Report Calls for a Collaborative Infrastructure of Technology Transfer in SE Wisconsin
In Technology Transfer in Southeast Wisconsin, a new report from the Public Policy Forum, researchers call for a "full-fledged collaborative infrastructure" that is adept at transferring technologies developed at the region's research institutions to entrepreneurs that will use them to create businesses and jobs in the region.
TBED-Focused Bills Capturing Attention in Several States
Proposals that promise job creation and economic growth have taken center stage in several state legislatures. Lawmakers who recognize the importance of R&D, tech commercialization, access to risk capital, and investment in higher education are fighting for passage of TBED-focused bills in the final months of their states' 2011 legislative sessions.
Recent Research: GAO Finds Challenges for DOE Tech Transfer Efforts
Competing priorities, lack of funding, and inflexible negotiation strategies are among the challenges the Government Accountability Office found for the Department of Energy's efforts to transfer technology out of the DOE labs.
State Auditor General Assesses Tech Transfer Programs at Arizona’s Public Universities
To speed the commercialization of technologies developed within the state's three public research universities, the Arizona state auditor general has made several recommendations that also may be of value to tech transfer efforts and academic institutions across the country.
Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Licensing Survey: Data Overview
The survey gathers information about technology licensing and related performance information for United States and Canadian academic and nonprofit institutions for each fiscal year since 1991. The reports present quantitative information from AUTM members using the AUTM licensing survey instrument. In a change from previous reports, 2005 survey results are presented in report summaries for the United States and Canada separately and, one full report combining data on U.S. and Canada respondents.
Transferring Science-Based Technologies to Industry: Does Nanotechnology Make a Difference?
This study examines whether or not nanotechnology poses new and different challenges for technology transfer from public research to private firms. The authors conclude that the challenges appear to be similar to those related to the transfer of science-based technologies in general.
How do economic incentives and regulatory factors influence adoption of cardiac technologies? Result from the TECH project
The TECH research network collected patient-level data on three procedures for treatment of heart attack patients for seventeen countries over an eighteen year period to examine the impact of economic and institutional factors on technology adoption. Specific institutional factors are shown to be important to the up-take of these technologies. The impact of income and institutional characteristics on the utilization rates of these procedures diminishes over time.
Defense Technologies: DODs Critical Technologies Lists Rarely Inform Export Control and Other Policy Decisions
This GAO report examines the DODs procedures in the production of lists of critical technologies. The Militarily Critical Technologies Program’s process for updating the MCTL and DSTL has generated lists that are of questionable value. These lists are mostly used to make decisions about export controls, but also in counterintelligence. The GAO is recommending that DOD take several actions to better ensure that efforts to identify critical technologies meet user requirements. The DOD concurred with the recommendations.