Technology transfer involves the generation of innovative ideas through the sharing of knowledge among federal laboratories, universities, industry, and government, and oftentimes the eventual commercialization of those ideas. By better understanding technology transfer, the government can gain increased benefits from its investment in new technologies. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology asked RAND to host a one-day forum on technology transfer developed through federal research and development funding. Forum participants offered a variety of observations on issues and best practices related to successful technology transfer, which the authors summarize and quote verbatim.
Author(s): Mark Wang, David M. Adamson, Gabrielle Bloom, William Butz, Donna Fossum, Mihal Gross, Charles Kelle
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 164
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
1. Introduction......Page 19
2. Overview of Technology Transfer......Page 23
3. Themes from the PCAST Technology Transfer Forum......Page 47
Appendix A. Conference Agenda......Page 53
Appendix B. Summary of Technology Transfer Legislation......Page 55
Appendix C. Measuring Technology Transfer......Page 63
Appendix D. Toward Finding Best Practices......Page 75
Appendix E. On-Line Questionnaire and Compilation of Responses......Page 83
Appendix F. Excerpted Comments from the December 12, 2002, Forum......Page 101
Bibliography......Page 117
