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Improving technology transfer at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories : hearing before the Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
Improving technology transfer at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories : hearing before the Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Technology Transfer

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 266


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"The purpose of [this] hearing is to examine the process by which knowledge and technology are transferred from academic researchers to the private sector, and to identify best practices, policies, and other activities that can facilitate the commercialization of federally funded research for the benefit of society and the economic competitiveness of the United States."--P. 3.
The Dept. of Energy (DoE) spends billions of dollars each year at its national labs. on advanced science, energy, and other research. Federal laws and policies have encouraged the transfer of federally developed technologies to private firms, universities, and others to use or commercialize. The Amer. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 further emphasized the role of such technologies for addressing the nation's energy, economic, and other challenges. This report examined: (1) the nature and extent of technology transfer at DoE's labs.; (2) the extent to which DoE can measure the effectiveness of its technology transfer efforts; and (3) factors affecting, and approaches for improving, DoE's efforts. Charts and tables.
The Department of Energy (DOE) spends billions of dollars each year at its national laboratories on advanced science, energy, and other research. To maximize the public's investment and to foster economic growth, federal laws and policies have encouraged the transfer of federally developed technologies to private firms, universities, and others to use or commercialize. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 further emphasized the role of such technologies for addressing the nation's energy, economic, and other challenges. Congress requested GAO to examine (1) the nature and extent of technology transfer at DOE's laboratories; (2) the extent to which DOE can measure the effectiveness of its technology transfer efforts; and (3) factors affecting, and approaches for improving, DOE's efforts. GAO analyzed documents and data and spoke with officials at DOE headquarters and all 17 DOE national laboratories. GAO is recommending a number of actions, including that DOE articulate departmental priorities and a definition for technology transfer, improve its performance data, and ensure that laboratories have sufficient expertise and a systematic approach for identifying their commercially promising technologies.
This title was first published in 2000: Due to budget cuts and competitiveness pressures, determining the outcome of technology transfer from government R&D laboratories to private industry and entrepreneurial start-ups is of increasing interest. This book presents a series of case studies of successful technology transfer by examining the same list of topics for each case. It presents a format for analyzing the cases, topic by topic - a methodology that could be used by any R&D laboratory. The book also goes one step further and compares the cases that took place prior to national technology transfer legislation with those cases that took place after passage of such legislation. An additional feature is the summary of existing attempts to measure and evaluate technology transfer. This follows a backgroudn section on the technology policy context. The analysis finds that there is a significant commercial impact from government laboratory transfer using this approach.