Increasing the odds that the fruits of federally funded R&D traverse the so-called “valley of death” between the lab and the market without spoiling has emerged as a top priority of the Trump administration.
Early on in his tenure, National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Walter Copan said he believes the time is ripe to conduct a comprehensive review of the practices and policies that underpin the federal technology transfer framework. Now it is clear that such an effort has the backing of the broader administration.
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