Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research: Report of a Workshop (Compass Series (Washington, D.C.).)

This Report Summarizes Discussions And Insights From The Workshop On Overcoming Barriers To Collaborative Research Held March 23-24, 1998, In Irvine, California. The Workshop Was Organized By The Government-university-industry Research Roundtable Of The National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy Of Engineering, And The Institute Of Medicine. The Purpose Of The Meeting Was To Discuss Barriers To University-industry Cooperation And To Explore Concrete Approaches To Overcoming Them. Practitioners From Universities And Industry, As Well As Government Policy Makers, Participated In The Two-day Workshop. Executive Summary. -- Introduction. -- Trends In University-industry Research Collaboration. -- Barriers And Lessons Of Effective Practices. -- Possible Future Tasks. Government-university-industry Research Roundtable. Includes Endnotes. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.

This report summarizes discussions and insights from the workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research held March 23-24, 1998, in Irvine, California. The workshop was organized by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss barriers to university-industry cooperation and to explore concrete approaches to overcoming them. Practitioners from universities and industry, as well as government policy makers, participated in the two-day workshop.