Congress should hold the National Labs to stronger performance standards for tech transfer to firms in the United States.

To Do: Hold the National Labs Accountable for Tech Transfer

Congress should allocate a share of federal research funding to promote technology transfer and commercialization, such as through a “Spurring Commercialization of Our Nation’s Research” program.

Partly Done: Allocate a Share of Federal Research Funding to Tech Transfer and Commercialization

Congress should direct NSF to establish stronger university entrepreneurship metrics and use them to provide stronger incentives for commercializing research.

To Do: Direct NSF to Establish Stronger University Entrepreneurship Metrics

Congress should allow a greater share of SBIR and STTR grant awards to be used for commercialization activities ranging from intellectual-property development and prosecution to marketing and staff recruitment.

To Do: Allow More SBIR and STTR Awards to Be Used for Commercialization

OMB should require federal research agencies to report five years of data on their patent licenses and royalties as part of its annual budget requests to apply pressure on them to improve.

To Do: Require Federal Research Agencies to Report Five Years of Data on Patent Licenses and Royalties

The U.S. must go beyond funding R&D to ensure that more of the public investment in knowledge creation translates into innovation and jobs.

Testimony Before U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Future of Science and Technology Policy

The administration should expand the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program, which fosters entrepreneurship that can lead to the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously through NSF-funded research.

To Do: Expand NSF’s I-Corps Program

To Do: Expand NSF's I-Corps Program

Congress should focus the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs on the highest-impact opportunities with the greatest potential to be commercialized.

To Do: Focus the SBIR and STTR Programs on the Highest-Impact Opportunities

This event will evaluate the current technology transfer capabilities of the National Laboratories and the reforms needed to strengthen commercialization.

To Do: Support Experimental Approaches to Tech Transfer and Commercialization

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25 Recommendations for the 2013 America COMPETES Act Reauthorization

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To Do: Hold the National Labs Accountable for Tech Transfer

Partly Done: Allocate a Share of Federal Research Funding to Tech Transfer and Commercialization

To Do: Direct NSF to Establish Stronger University Entrepreneurship Metrics