PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Colleges and universities that get National Science Foundation research support and had at least $25,000,000 in federal research grants in the most recent fiscal year must keep a public website about how they move research into products and must report the website’s URL to the National Science Foundation each year. The site must include contact info for tech-transfer staff, licensing and commercialization plans for researchers and industry, success stories and stats, technologies offered for licensing, and other helpful company-facing information. The National Science Foundation must run a public website that links to each school’s page. Schools do not have to post confidential, trade-secret, or proprietary information.

Title 42, §1862p–10

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(a)Any institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001(a) 11 See References in Text note below. 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)The National Science Foundation shall create and maintain a website accessible to the public that links to each website mentioned under (a).

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

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References in Text

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

Summary

Title 42, §1862p–10

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