Author:
Dr. Manuel Panar
University of Delaware
103 Brown Lab
Newark DE 19716
email panar@udel.edu
The contribution of university research to American
competitiveness is of increasing importance. For this
contribution to be effective, the results of academic creativity
must be transferred to industry, which has the role of converting
ideas to products for society's use. A productive interface
between academia and industry is a critical requirement for the
continuing health of America's technological strength.
This discussion is directed to the situation in which an academic
researcher is either looking for industrial support for a
particular research goal, or has made an invention and wants to
interest industry in developing it or in funding further
research. The purpose of this discussion is to give the academic
scientist further insight into the funding process from the
industrial viewpoint. This understanding can help faculty members
in their search for support, and can help facilitate productive
interactions between researchers in the two environments.
The various issues which often create misunderstandings between
academic and industrial scientists, and the role these issues
play in funding decisions are discussed. Points which will be
covered include a description of the difficult path from concept
to commercialization, how funding is affected by budgets, and the
many non-technical and personal considerations which will affect
a request for funding. The reasons why the these interactions are
of increasing importance to American industrial effectiveness
will be surveyed.
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© Manuel Panar 1996