42 U.S.C. § 1862p–10: Academic technology…

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Higher-education institutions that get National Science Foundation (NSF) research support and had at least $25,000,000 in federal research grants in the most recent fiscal year must maintain a public website on tech transfer and commercialization and report its URL to NSF annually. The site must include contacts for tech-transfer staff, licensing and commercialization policies for researchers and industry, successes and stats, technologies for licensing when appropriate, and other helpful info. NSF must link to each school's site. Schools need not post confidential, trade-secret, or proprietary information. Institution of higher education: defined in 20 U.S.C. 1001(a).

Title 42, §1862p–10

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(a)In general

Any institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001(a) of title 20) that receives National Science Foundation research support and has received at least $25,000,000 in total Federal research grants in the most recent fiscal year shall keep, maintain, and report annually to the National Science Foundation the universal record locator for a public website that contains information concerning its general approach to and mechanisms for transfer of technology and the commercialization of research results, including—

(1)contact information for individuals and university offices responsible for technology transfer and commercialization;

(2)information for both university researchers and industry on the institution’s technology licensing and commercialization strategies;

(3)success stories, statistics, and examples of how the university supports commercialization of research results;

(4)technologies available for licensing by the university where appropriate; and

(5)any other information deemed by the institution to be helpful to companies with the potential to commercialize university inventions.

(b)NSF website

The National Science Foundation shall create and maintain a website accessible to the public that links to each website mentioned under (a).

(c)Trade secret information

Notwithstanding subsection (a), an institution shall not be required to reveal confidential, trade secret, or proprietary information on its website.

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section 1001(a) of title 20, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “section 101(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))”, and was translated as reading “section 101(a)” of that Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Codification Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010, and also as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

§1862p–10 Academic Technology Transfer and Commercialization of University Research

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Title 42, §1862p–10

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