HeadLinks to information on university-industry cooperation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurshiper
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David A. Hodges, 4/24/2008 hodges@eecs.berkeley.edu
Business-Higher Education Forum report: Working Together, Creating Knowledge
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/working-together.pdf
U.S. National Science Foundation and Federal SBIR Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/iucrc/ (Industry/University Cooperative Research Program)
http://www.erc-assoc.org/centers.htm (Engineering Research Centers Program)
http://www.erc-assoc.org/manual/bp_index.htm (Best practices of successful Engineering Research Centers)
http://www.zyn.com/sbir/ (Small Business Innovation Research funding from U.S. Federal agencies)
Selected U.S. industry programs; intellectual property practices
http://grc.src.org/member/about.asp (Semiconductor Research Corp.)
http://marco.fcrp.org/member/about/default.asp (Focus Centers Research Program)
http://www.sematech.org/ (SEMATECH--minor role for universities)
http://andros.eecs.berkeley.edu/~hodges/Protecting Intellectual Property.htm (defensive publishing)
University of California’s policies on relationships with industry and on conflicts of interest
http://www.ucop.edu/ott/retreat/twoyear1.html (progress report with attachments, March 2000)
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-028.pdf (policy on financial interests of UC faculty members)
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-025-07-01.pdf (policy on conflicts of commitment by UC faculty members)
University of California Office of Technology Transfer (patent policy; licensing results; rights accorded to sponsors)
http://www.ucop.edu/ott/
http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/policies/bfb/upay585.pdf (employee patent agreement)
http://www.ucop.edu/ott/genresources/annualrpts.html
Annual Reports of the UC Technology Transfer Program.
FY05 report includes many specific examples of commercialization of UC technologies.
FY06 report contains the most recent summary data.
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2006/feb27b.html
$100M + payment by Monsanto to UC for exclusive license for dairy cow growth hormone.
http://patron.ucop.edu/ottmemos/docs/ott00-02.html (optional rights assignment program for EE and CS, 2000-03)
http://patron.ucop.edu/ottmemos/docs/ott00-02b.html (supplementary guidance on above item)
http://patron.ucop.edu/ottmemos/docs/00-02-sup2.pdf (indefinite extension of above item, dated 6/23/03)
http://patron.ucop.edu/ottmemos/ottmemos_toc.html (examples of agreements with various agencies and firms)
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Tucker070426.pdf
"Testimony of William T. Tucker, Ph.D., M.B.A., Executive Director,
Research Administration and Technology Transfer, University of California, Office of the President",
concerning proposed U.S. patent reform act of 2007.
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Research programs funded within the University of California
http://www.ucop.edu/research/micro/documents/rfp08.pdf
http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/
http://www.ucop.edu/research/funding/welcome.html
http://www.ucop.edu/california-institutes/welcome.html
Analyzing, Teaching, and Supporting Entrepreneurship
http://mot.berkeley.edu/
http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef.asp
http://bplan.berkeley.edu/
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/
http://akseli.tekes.fi/opencms/opencms/OhjelmaPortaali/ohjelmat/MASINA/fi/oma_sivu6/Commercialisation.pdf
"Commercialization of Research Results in the United States" by Magnus Karlsson, Science and
Technology Counselor, Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies
http://www.stanford.edu/class/e145/protected/E145_2007_Session01_Byers.pdf
http://www.stanford.edu/class/e145/protected/E145_2006_Session09_VC.pdf
Excerpts from a Stanford University course by Tom Byers, respected California venture capitalist
http://sen.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Entrepreneurship Network
http://www.kauffman.org/ Entrepreneuership & Education at the Kauffman Foundation
http://issues.org/23.4/litan.html “The University as Innovator: Bumps in the Road”
