Mechanisms that Facilitate Technology Transfer
- Cooperative Research fosters the leveraging of resources
- Intellectual Property (IP) encourages the patenting and licensing of inventions
- Incubators help startup companies get on their feet
- Personnel Exchanges among universities, laboratories and the private sector enhance knowledge and foster collaborative research
- Technical Assistance can provide knowledge, specialized equipment, and/or facilities to be used to promote U.S. competitiveness
- Collegial Interchange (professional conferences and publications in professional journals as appropriate) is the informal and free exchange of information among colleagues
- Grants and Cooperative Agreements support and stimulate research
- Education Partnership Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), and Alliances between educational institutions and laboratories enhance education at all levels, and allow partners to share and enhance their technical expertise and the capabilities of their research facilities
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