Capitalizing on New Needs and New Opportunities Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
Pages 78-83
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The health and information technologies sectors however defined are two of the most dynamic in our economy. Some economists estimate that information technology alone has been responsible for fully one-third of our economic expansion since 1992.
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That generous assumption about research is holding true this year even as Congress and the Administration have hunkered down for a protracted war of words over the budget. Last week, the President signed the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies appropriations bill, for example, which included a 7 percent increase for the research programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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So that means that we the research community, the Administration, the Congress are going to have to continue to make tough choices, to set priorities, to figure out how to balance the federal research portfolio. I know that one reason the Academy has arranged this conference is because of a growing sense among some that biomedical research is consuming too much of the federal research budget.
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Partnerships have become a "buzz word" on Capitol Hill, as they have in the "outside world." More and more agency programs encourage partnerships, both at federal labs and universities. But frankly I don't think we've spent enough time considering the policy implications of this newfound interest in collaboration.
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Second, in what ways are intellectual property rights concerns altering the nature of the business-university relationship and relationships within universities? In the new world of partnerships have laws like Bayh-Dole become counterproductive by making universities competitors in the intellectual property arena, or more important than ever, by granting property rights to a public or quasi-public entity?
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Rep. Sensenbrenner discussed new legislation designed to increase funding for information technology R&D, particularly research funded at the National Science Foundation.
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